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Divorce law: new ‘no-fault’ legislation will end ‘blame game’ for married couples

Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach, feature in the article concerning Divorce law: new 'no fault' legislation in the highly unusual contested divorce between his ...

World at One – Radio 4: Fiona Shackleton discusses the new ‘no fault’ divorce laws to end ‘the blame game’

17 April 2019
Fiona Shackleton, Partner in the leading Family department at Payne Hicks Beach appeared on Radio 4’s the World at One on 9 April 2019 – the forty-five minutes of news, ...

Simon Beccle: Divorce Law’s new ‘no fault’ legislation

16 April 2019
Comments by Simon Beccle, family law specialist and Partner in the Family department at Payne Hicks Beach, on the new divorce law 'no fault' legislation in the highly unusual ...

Divorce law: new ‘no-fault’ legislation will end ‘blame game’ for married couples

11 April 2019
Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach, feature in the article concerning Divorce law: new 'no fault' legislation in the highly unusual contested divorce between his ...

The Sunday Times: Home Help: Need to know how to extend a leasehold flat?

02 April 2019
Answer by Scott Goldstein, Associate in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach to the reader question concerning extending a leasehold property, first published in ...

Canary Wharf versus European Medicines Agency

29 March 2019
Comments by Scott Goldstein, Associate in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach, first published in PropertyEU online on 28 March 2019 and reproduced with kind permission. ...

Acceptance in Lieu

27 March 2019
Article by Rosamond McDowell, Partner in the Private Client department discussing the Acceptance in Lieu scheme, first published in eprivateclient online on 25 March 2019 and reproduced with kind ...

Will I be fined for taking my children out of school in term time?

20 March 2019
Answer by Ane Vernon, Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution department and education law specialist, to the FT reader question on whether parents will be fined ...

Can I keep my family’s estate intact despite my siblings’ wishes?

27 February 2019
Answer by Charlotte Henshall, Solicitor in the Dispute Resolution department, to the FT reader question on keeping a family estate intact, first published in the ...

Divorce laws to be rewritten following the Supreme Court’s 2018 Judgment in Tini Owens v Hugh John Owens

08 February 2019
Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach and solicitor for Tini Owens, feature in an article in The Times announcing that the Government intend to modernise divorce ...