Wellbeing in the workplace: Are you doing enough to look after your people?

Hear from Kerry Slater, co-founder of The Workplace Collective about how they’re helping organisations to put wellbeing at the centre of workplace culture, and supporting our team to be the best we can be for our clients.   In 2021, the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (SRA) produced a thematic review of workplace culture within the legal sector. ...

2025-05-02T19:15:53+01:00May 2nd, 2025|Uncategorised|

The rules of engagement: what happens to the ring in divorce?

They say ‘diamonds are forever’. But for many couples, that’s certainly not the case for the relationship itself.  When couples separate, the main points of contention are often how they’ll split the finances and work out the arrangements for the children. But what happens to the engagement ring if you decide to get divorced or ...

2025-04-22T10:33:07+01:00April 22nd, 2025|Divorce|

Single parenting during the Easter holidays

Single-parenting after divorce or separation can be a real mixed bag of experiences, especially during school holidays when there’s the pressure of additional financial work and time pressure. This can be especially true for those who don’t have friends or family nearby to share the load when it comes to childcare and support.  With that ...

2025-04-09T15:10:34+01:00April 9th, 2025|Children|

Why we walked the extra mile for Refuge

Throughout March, a few members of the Harrogate Family Law team worked together to complete a fundraising challenge to support the domestic abuse charity Refuge.  In this week’s blog, we’re sharing why we chose to take part, some shocking statistics around domestic abuse, and why it always feels good to give back.  Why did we ...

2025-04-04T12:38:31+01:00April 4th, 2025|Domestic abuse, Harrogate Family Law|

I’m unhappy in my marriage; what are my options?

This year’s International Day of Happiness centres around the idea of connection with others. And when it comes to connections, your marriage should be one of the most important in your life.  But what happens when you suspect that it’s not working for you? How can you be sure that a separation is what you ...

2025-03-18T11:05:11+00:00March 18th, 2025|Divorce|

Is family law keeping up with modern life?

Modern families come in all shapes and sizes, and they all have different dynamics. From the legal rights of cohabiting couples and same-sex families to surrogacy and the rise of nuptial agreements, in this week’s blog we’re asking: is family law keeping up?    Legal rights for unmarried couples With the proportion of married couples falling ...

2025-03-09T22:15:49+00:00March 9th, 2025|Cohabitation, Family law, Pre-nups, Same-sex couples|

International Women’s Day: accelerated action in the law

This year’s International Women’s Day is all about accelerating action. Well, nothing says action like changing laws and legislation to make the world a better and fairer place.  In honour of this year’s IWD, we wanted to reflect on how far things have come for women in the last century regarding their legal rights. Spoiler ...

2025-03-06T09:29:22+00:00March 6th, 2025|Family law|

An introduction to parental laws as a same-sex couple

The route to parenthood looks different for every couple.  It can come as quite a surprise that just because someone intends to be there at every step of the parental journey, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll have legal rights as a parent.  As we come to the end of LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re exploring how ...

2025-02-26T22:20:25+00:00February 26th, 2025|Uncategorised|

Key developments in family law in 2024

With January now well out of the way, we’ve been looking to the year ahead here at Harrogate Family Law.  When it comes to change and its potential impact, 2024 was a pretty significant year for family law. It placed a number of things on the family law horizon that we’ll all need to consider ...

2025-02-11T12:44:38+00:00February 11th, 2025|Family law|

The Family Justice Council reveal their guidance on responding to child alienation behaviours

In December 2024, the Family Justice League unveiled their updated guidance on handling allegations of parental and child alienation. President of the Family Justice Council, Sir Andrew McFarlane, commented specifically on the need for this guidance:    ‘In my view, this guidance is required to ensure greater consistency of approach across the courts and to improve ...

2025-01-30T18:31:07+00:00January 30th, 2025|Parental Alienation|
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