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No-Fault Divorce To Start In Autumn 2021

Posted by Samuel Mason

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial

Posted on: 19th June 2020

Those waiting for the long anticipated Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill to bring an end to the current fault-based system, will have to wait a little bit longer, until autumn... Read more

How Can I Support My Child During Divorce Proceedings?

Posted by The Dodds Solicitors Team

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial

Posted on: 11th June 2020

Around 150,000 children are affected by divorce each year, and it can be a particularly troubling time for them. Young children won’t understand the myriad reasons that can contribute to... Read more

Are you going through a separation or looking at separating during lockdown?

Posted by Claire Brown

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial, Wills and Probate

Posted on: 30th April 2020

Here is our advice for married couples separating during this unprecedented time. Coronavirus has stopped life as we know it for some time now and our country is effectively in... Read more

Possible New Divorce Laws Coming Soon

Posted by Jennifer McNeil

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial

Posted on: 5th February 2020

The Divorce, Dissolution & Separation Bill [HL] 2019-20 is due to have it’s second hearings in the House of Lords today which means there will be a general debate on... Read more

‘Divorce Day’

Posted by The Dodds Solicitors Team

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial, General News

Posted on: 2nd January 2020

Christmas and New Year are undoubtedly stressful times of year and can often lead to strained relationships reaching breaking point. Relate, one of the UK’s biggest relationship charities, acknowledges that... Read more

What is a Non-Molestation Order?

Posted by The Dodds Solicitors Team

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial, Family/Mediation/Care

Posted on: 29th November 2019

According to figures recently published by the Family Court Statistics Quarterly in September 2019 there was an increasing amount of applications being made for Non-Molestation Orders.  In April to June... Read more

Congratulations to Samuel Mason

Posted by The Dodds Solicitors Team

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial, Family/Mediation/Care, General News

Posted on: 4th October 2019

Congratulations to Samuel Mason who qualified as a Solicitor as of 1st October 2019. Samuel joined Dodds Solicitors LLP in August 2017 as a Paralegal in the family/care department and... Read more

Options for those in Islamic Marriages not recognised by UK law

Posted by Sarah Spence

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial

Posted on: 20th September 2018

Following on from Jennifer McNeil’s blog of the 13th August 2018 regarding whether an Islamic marriage and or divorce can be recognised in an English court. If having taken advice... Read more
13th August 2018

Is my Nikah valid in the UK?

Posted by Jennifer McNeil

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial

Posted on: 13th August 2018

The recent case of Akhter v Khan [2018] EWFC 54 has caused widespread confusion on the question of whether an Islamic marriage not followed by a civil ceremony, is recognised... Read more
6th August 2018

NEW Supreme Court Ruling – Divorce Owens-Owens

Posted by Reena Johl

Posted in: Divorce & Matrimonial

Posted on: 6th August 2018

In a Judgement delivered on the 25th July 2018, the Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of a wife, Mrs Owens, seeking to divorce her husband of 39 years, Mr... Read more