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This week is Road Safety Week, the UK's biggest road safety event, involving thousands of schools, organisations and community groups every year. Set up in 1997, the event is coordinated annually by Brake, the independent road safety charity each...

People may be surprised to learn that the United Kingdom does not have a unified legal system. England and Wales share the English legal system. Scotland has its own legal system. So too does Northern Ireland. So, if you are an expatriate or a foreign...

What Does the Act Provide Section 1 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 ("the Act") enables certain categories of persons to apply to the Court for an Order under Section 2 of the Act on the ground that the...

The CSA works out the amount of child maintenance using the weekly net income of the non-resident parent (that is the parent living in a separate household from the parent with care and qualifying child(ren) for whom they are liable to pay maintenance). The...

BakerLaw are pleased to announce that we have secured the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation mark of excellence for the home buying and selling process. BakerLaw underwent a vigorous assessment procedure by the Law Society to...

On 28 th June 2013, BakerLaw Managing Director Julian Oldfield took to the cold waters of the English Channel as part of a six-person relay team in an attempt to swim to Cap Gris Nez on the north-coast of France all in the name of charity. The team, made...

On 6 th July the gates of Aldershot Garrison were opened to the public as the week-long Aldershot Military Festival reached its pinnacle with a family open-day, and BakerLaw is proud to have been an official sponsor of the event. Formerly known as...

Section 1 of the Children Act 1989 provides that the child's welfare shall be the court's paramount consideration when the Court determines any question with regard to either:- The upbringing of a child; or The administration of a child's...

The law regarding judicial separation This is contained in sections 17 and 18 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. A Petition for judicial separation may be presented by either a husband or a wife. It is presented on the ground that any of the facts...

It is unfortunate but true that, contrary to popular misconception, the fact that a couple have lived together for a number of years does not of itself give any financial rights in the event that that relationship subsequently breaks down....