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We currently have a role at Aletta Shaw Solicitors in Bexleyheath for a Family Solicitor. If you would like to apply for the role please send over a cover letter…
New Team Member
A warm welcome to our new team member – Mr Citroen Berlingo! Helping us keep our offices connected.
Free Will Health Check
Need a Free Will Health Check? The announcement by the Conservatives of the £1 million Inheritance Tax-free estate for married couples comes with strings attached. In April 2017 the Residence…
But I’m his common-law wife…
Thousands of unmarried couples in London are at risk of losing everything if their relationship breaks down There are about 7 million people in the UK living in an unmarried,…
Divorced women are missing out on £5bn in pension payments every year, says Scottish Widows
Nearly three-quarters of divorced people did not discuss pensions during divorce proceedings according to Scottish Widows’ recent annual Women and Retirement Report 2017. Seven in ten couples do not consider…
Owens v. Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182 – Divorce Petition Refused by the Court of Appeal – Update
The decision to refuse Mrs Owen a divorce based on her allegations of unreasonable behaviour continues to concern family lawyers. So much so that Resolution is going to make representations…
Owens v. Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182 – Divorce petition refused by the Court of Appeal
Owens v. Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182 – Divorce petition refused by the Court of Appeal In a decision that caused much consternation amongst family lawyers, the Court of Appeal ruled…
Aletta Shaw Welcomes Rachel Duke to the Family Department
Rachel is a solicitor specialising in all aspects of family law with a particular emphasis on complex financial cases involving substantial assets; private children matters (child arrangements, prohibited steps and…
Case sparks debate about the rights of an expectant mother as against the rights of her unborn child
Senior Judges are to make a ruling later this month in a legal test case involving a child who is now seven and who was affected by foetal alcohol syndrome.…
New Domestic Violence provisions rolled out
This month saw the rolling out of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS), known as Clare’s Law and Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPO). Clare Wood was strangled and set alight…