by Vicky Wright | Nov 24, 2016 | Family Law
Next week, 28 November – 2 December 2016 is ‘Good Divorce Week’, a national awareness campaign spearheaded by Resolution. But when can a divorce ever be described as ‘good’? The main thrust behind the week’s events is the Resolution campaign for ‘no fault divorce’....
by Vicky Wright | Nov 24, 2016 | Family Law
Resolution recently updated their Code of Practice and, as members, Otten Penna are proud to belong to the community of family justice professionals who work with families and individuals to resolve issues in a constructive way. The benefit of our membership to our...
by Vicky Wright | Jun 21, 2016 | Family Law
We are intrigued to see a behind the scenes documentary coming to our screens tonight on BBC2’s ‘Mr v Mrs: Call The Mediator’ The programme follows the journey of 9 couples who have chosen mediation as a way of agreeing an out of court settlement. According to...
by Vicky Wright | Mar 24, 2016 | Family Law, News
For any of our clients in the process of, or thinking of initiating divorce proceedings or bringing a civil partnership to an end, we have some important news to pass on. At the start of this week (21st March), the Ministry of Justice raised the court fees to £550...
by Vicky Wright | Dec 21, 2015 | Family Law, News
The Ministry of Justice has launched an investigation into an error found on an online divorce form used to calculate financial settlements. The error could mean that couples that chose to take the ‘DIY divorce’ route since April 2014, could have been open to...
by Vicky Wright | Nov 20, 2015 | Family Law, LGBT, News
‘Domestic violence’ or ‘domestic abuse’ is a pattern of behaviour that involves violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation. It can happen in any sort of relationship, including heterosexual,...
