This time last year, marriage appeared to be in crisis. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had published its latest figures on the number of couples tying the knot across England and Wales in 2020. That data showed that 85,770 ceremonies involving opposite sex and same sex couples had taken place that year – a […]
Read moreIn April this year, the most substantial reform of divorce law in half a century took effect. Of all the provisions contained in the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/11/contents/enacted) , one attracted the lion’s share of attention. The introduction of ‘no-fault’ divorce was heralded as enabling spouses in failed or failing marriages to […]
Read moreIn recent decades, the nature of British family life has undergone substantial change. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of individuals living together without marrying has increased by almost a quarter within the last decade alone (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2021). At the same time, the ONS has also reported a substantial reduction in marriages […]
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