Time flies. Just over a decade ago, the Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow and the equally celebrated lead singer of Coldplay, Chris Martin, announced the decision to end their 11-year marriage. It was far from the first celebrity break-up but, however, it became nearly as famous as their exploits on stage and screen thanks to the […]
Read moreIt is a fact that although divorce is one of life’s singular events, it still has a sense of duality – marking the end of what might have been a long relationship and the beginning of new lives for the individuals involved. From the perspective of a family lawyer like myself, it is important to […]
Read moreIn recent years, family life in England and Wales has seemed very dynamic. Yet, for all this change, commentary about what has been happening in households has contained certain recurring themes. One of them is the apparent demise of marriage. It is true that the number of marriages in 2022 – the most recent year […]
Read moreBritain is, by reputation, a nation of animal lovers. The most recent statistics made available by one of the UK’s leading veterinary charities, the PDSA, would appear to bear that out (https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/pdsa-animal-wellbeing-report/uk-pet-populations-of-dogs-cats-and-rabbits). It calculated that more than half of all homes now have a cat, dog or rabbit. That percentage actually increased during the Covid […]
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