Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot Scheme – April 2025

What It Means for You? Anyone who has been through a financial dispute following a divorce, where the court have been asked to help resolve matters, will tell you that the process is slow and frustrating. A new Pilot Scheme is being trialled in Birmingham and other...

How to divorce well!

Is there such a thing as a good divorce? Undoubtedly, divorce is a difficult process, even in the most amicable of cases. Not only are you grieving the end of the relationship, but there are also a number of uncertainties to face; What does the future hold? Will the...

“We are where we are……………….”

Is a commonly used phrase but not one that we at Staffordshire Family law like, agree with or indeed tolerate. It has an air of acceptance, if not defeatism. It is not something you would want your Advocate in Court to say or fail to challenge. Gabi Chester Director...

Mediation : Not just a tick box exercise

27- 31 January 2025 is Family Mediation Week. This is an opportunity for family law professionals to raise awareness of family mediation and of the benefits it can bring to separating families Anna-Mei Streather, one of our solicitors who specialises in Finance...

Resolution and the Code of Practice

For most people, dealing with a Family Law issue is an emotionally difficult time and most people will need support through the process. This will often be in the form of friends and family, but the support of a good solicitor to guide you through the process, to...