Articles by RJW Slater Gordon
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Kirsty Morbey discusses the effect of the Real Estate...

According to the Great Recession and Marriage survey published recently in the American Economic Review, 40% of couples…
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British Courts: The Divorce Capital for the Rich and...

Two high profile Family Judges, Sir Paul Coleridge and Lord Justice Thorpe have both recently expressed their concerns…
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Chris Longbottom writes about his Families Needs Fathers...

Family Law Week reported yesterday that National Charity, Families Need Fathers’ telephone helpline logs a record…
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Is divorce just too easy? Kirsty Morbey comments

Speaking to Victoria Derbyshire on Radio 5 Live last week, Senior Family Division Judge Sir Paul Coleridge said that…
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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split - a fatal mix of...

Singer and Actress Jennifer Lopez and her husband of 7 years, Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony have announced the end…
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Malta legalises Divorce - Marwa Hadi discusses

A historic law has been passed in Malta legalising divorce after MPs overwhelmingly voted to permit this. It is…
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Civil partnership dissolutions rise by 44 per cent in...

It has recently been noted in Family Law Week that the number of civil partnership (same sex) dissolutions have…
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Family Law, Childs play? Chris Longbottom discusses

The BBC has recently reported that children are to be asked about their views of family law with the aim to help…
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Is it better to stay together 'for the sake of the...

As a solicitor practising solely in family matters, it is a phrase I hear frequently. I have always maintained that my…
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Kirsten Grotte discusses Parental responsibility and...

Currently there is a private members bill that is being considered by the House of Commons, which may give kinship…
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A Facebook twist

As lawyers we often find ourselves having to advise clients to be careful of the use of social networking sites such as…
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Chris Longbottom discusses how Domestic Violence rates...

BBC radio 5 recently reported that the number of convictions against women relating to Domestic Violence has more than…