When it comes to the law and personal relationships, the UK is a curious mixture of the progressive and the archaic. On the one hand, the law recognises same-sex unions, on the other the process of ending a marriage through divorce seems
The Isle of Man has become the only place in the British Isles to allow heterosexual couples to enter into civil partnerships. However, the situation is not entirely a straightforward one, with the UK saying that it will refuse to recognise civil
Marriage became legal for same-sex couples in March 2014, but civil partnerships, generally seen as a substitute for marriage, remained an option as well. Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown exactly what the effect of same-sex marriage has
Counselling charity Relate has carried out nationwide research that has found that 20% of UK couples are likely to separate. As part of their ‘Understanding Society‘ survey, both married and cohabiting couples were questioned and the results show that almost 3 million people
Divorce has been changing a lot in recent years, but these changes are not just a matter of successive legal reforms and year-to-year changes in rates. One source of change that is often underappreciated is the impact that the rise of the
Couples who have a high net worth and a celebrity status are now having to choose negotiated divorce settlements in an attempt to avoid a court appearance as they could lose their privacy as many high profile divorce cases are now reported
Did you know that in a recent survey of 2,000 people, just one out of every five of the respondents believed that it was easy to spot domestic violence? Less than one third of them believed that domestic violence could happen between