Category: Family law
Co-habiting numbers at record high leaving many legally unprotected say Leicestershire law experts
With co-habiting couples having reached a record high figure, those involved need laws to help protect them in case they separate believes a Leicestershire law expert. Family law expert Kathryn Hicklin of QualitySolicitors Mander Cruickshank said too few people are unaware that they have limited legal protection if their relationship...Read more
New Year resolutions catalyst for break up warn Coalville law experts
A New Year resolution for a clean start will prove the reason for many leaving their spouses and unmarried partners, claims Coalville’s leading family lawyer. Kathryn Hicklin, Head of Family Law at QualitySolicitors Mander Cruickshank said the end of relationships will lead to many seeing solicitors in January and February....Read more
Ex-wives victory over deceitful former husbands a triumph for honesty, says legal expert
The case of two women who won their Supreme Court cases after claiming they were tricked by ex-husbands into accepting unfair divorce settlements has shown that lies over wealth will not be tolerated in divorce cases, claims a family law expert. Kathryn Hicklin, family law specialist at QualitySolicitors Mander Cruickshank...Read more
Sour summer holidays final straw for many says family law expert
Family lawyers throughout the country will be going through one of the busiest times of the year following disastrous summer holidays, claims a leading divorce expert. Over 40 per cent of marriages end in divorce, and it is following the summer break, and January, following Christmas, that sees an increase...Read more
Over 40 per cent of marriages failing, but many ignore statistics warns law expert
Too many people are ignoring the fact that more than four in ten marriages are ending in divorce, leaving themselves open to financial loss, warns a leading family law expert. Kathryn Hicklin, Head of Family Law at QualitySolicitors Mander Cruickshank, said figures by the Office for National Statistics showed 42...Read more