Family February

The Family Team at Newark are delighted to have been awarded a Legal Aid Contract commencing February 1st 2012. We will continue to offer a free initial assessment of your circumstances, and can now offer any person who qualifies for free legal funding to assist them in obtaining legal advice and representation on family issues [...]

January is Divorce Month

 January is one of the busiest times of year for a family solicitor. It is a sad fact of life that the stresses of the Christmas period can often push an already rocky relationship to breaking point. As a result the number of divorce petitions filed in January is usually much greater than at other [...]

Protect yourself from the Facebook Fallout

Family lawyers are seeing more and more instances of Facebook fuelling the breakdown of relationships and adding to existing tensions between ex partners. With the number of unreasonable behaviour petitions filed on the increase, people are often seeking to rely on their partner’s Facebook pages as evidence in support of their allegations. Pictures of husbands [...]

Christmas is coming…but where will Santa leave the presents?

I was recently asked by a friend’s child how Santa would know where to bring her presents now that mummy and daddy lived in different homes. Of course I told her that Santa was magical and always knew where the good little boys and girls were sleeping. She seemed to buy it and I was [...]

Family Justice Review

The Family Justice Review has published its final report which has been widely reported on in the media. In particular campaigners for Father’s rights were disappointed by the report as it makes no recommendation for legislation to be introduced giving both parents the right to equally share the time they spend with their children. That is not [...]

The Future of Legal Services

On 6 October 2011, for the first time in the UK, banks and supermarkets were given the rights to sell legal services to the public. This is all thanks to the Legal Services Act, commonly known as “Tesco Law” and the thinking behind this is that people will get more choice and better value for [...]

New Family Solicitor

My name is Lucy Smith. I am a solicitor specialising in all areas of family law including cohabitation, separation, divorce and finances, contact and residence and social services involvement. I am delighted to be working for Ringrose Law and will be based primarily at the Newark office. I will be providing free legal advice surgery [...]

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