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Part 1: Preliminary "Financial Orders" comprise all orders of either a financial or property nature or that relate to pensions that a Court can make following divorce, judicial separation, nullity or dissolution of registered civil partnership...

BakerLaw is very proud to announce that we will be supporting the Aldershot Military Festival 2013. The event, which is being held from Monday 1 st July until Saturday 6 th July, will take place at Aldershot Garrison on Queens Avenue and promises to be a...

Small businesses opting out of legal advice. The Legal Services Board has recently published research which found that only one in eight small businesses contact a solicitor to obtain legal advice. This can have serious consequences as in many situations...

The Law Society was dealt a disappointing blow following the government's decision to continue to not regulate will writers. Last week's decision came after the Legal Services Board (LSB) advised the government to rectify the existing laws to help...

The "Radmacher" Decision It is now over three years since the Supreme Court of England and Wales ("the Supreme Court") handed down its judgment in the case of Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino. The hearing of this appeal by the...

The Fight for Franco - 7-Sisters Challenge May 25 th 2013 Former soldier and Coldstream Guardsman, Franco Gasparotti was seriously injured whilst on active service in Northern Ireland and subsequently discharged from HM Forces. He went on to develop...

The importance of instructing the right solicitor to handle your clinical negligence or serious personal injury claim cannot be underestimated. The public's knowledge of the possibility of compensation following a serious accident or medical negligence...

This Act, which received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012 and came into force on 1 April 2013, makes substantial changes to Legal Aid. In the context of Family Legal Aid LASPO introduces cuts to this. Family Legal Aid is still allowed for: Mediation in family...

The Ground for Divorce The only ground for divorce in England and Wales is irretrievable breakdown of marriage. In order to prove this to the Court's satisfaction, it is necessary to establish one or more of five sets of facts. In summary, these...

Martin Chambers is a Resolution member and family law solicitor at BakerLaw in Farnham, Surrey. Jake Hughes, who is responsible for the BakerLaw blog, spoke to Martin about his membership of Resolution and how it affects the way in which he deals with...