Divorce and Separation

When a single joint expert’s valuation lands badly in financial remedy proceedings, you are not stuck with it — but nor can you simply…

Divorce changes immigration status for one group only: partners whose visa depends on the marriage. ILR survives divorce untouched, but a spouse visa holder…

The final order of divorce ends your marriage — it does not end your financial ties. Until a court order closes them, both former…

“Unreasonable behaviour” was, for decades, the most-used route to divorce in England and Wales — and since 6 April 2022 it no longer exists…

A clean break order ends the financial relationship between divorcing spouses for good: once made, neither can bring maintenance, capital, pension or estate claims…

An international divorce is one where the spouses’ lives cross borders — different nationalities, homes in different countries, or assets spread across jurisdictions. Two…

There is no such thing as common-law marriage in England and Wales. However long you live together, unmarried partners have no right to maintenance…

No-fault divorce has been the only way to divorce in England and Wales since 6 April 2022: you state the marriage has irretrievably broken…

A spouse who ignores divorce papers cannot stop your divorce — they can only slow it. The no-fault process has no defence to the…

Habitually resident means the place where your life is genuinely centred — where you live, work, school your children and keep your ties —…

Deciding whether to divorce is harder than divorcing. The law has made the process simple — no blame, no contest, around seven months —…

Once the decision to divorce is made, what matters is sequence: gather documents before positions harden, agree interim arrangements before conflict sets them, and…