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Superstars' super quick divorce

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 13 2012

At the end of June, Katie Holmes filed for a divorce from her husband of 5 years, Tom Cruise

What’s mine is yoursdepending on what it is and when i got it.

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 7 2011

What's mine is yoursdepending on what it is and when I got it

Could signing a pre-nup increase your inheritance?

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 11 2011

Recently published research has indicated that some parents are reluctant to leave assets to their married children when they die because of the risk that their child's spouse will be entitled to a part of that inheritance if they later divorce

No such thing as a common law spouse

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 29 2011

Contrary to common belief, there is no such thing as a common law husband or wife in England, and the remedies available to separating cohabitants are far more limited (and complicated) than those of divorcing couples

Relocation, relocation

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 26 2011

The recent case of MK v CK has marked a change in the treatment of “leave to remove” or relocation cases

An increase in divorces for the over 60s

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 23 2011

Despite the latest published figures (for 2009) indicating that the overall rate of divorce has decreased by 11, the results also show that for one particular category, the over 60s, the rates have increased

Inheritance rights for unmarried couples

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 15 2011

The Law Commission published a consultation paper in October 2009 discussing reforms to the intestacy rules and family provision on death

Rise in divorce rates

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 15 2011

The Office of National Statistics has revealed that, for the first time since 2003, there has been a rise in the divorce rate in England and Wales

Husbands behaving badly: no place to hide

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 21 2012

Family Judges are sometimes required to take a forceful approach when dealing with a party who fails to take the court process seriously

To annul or not to annul...?

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 11 2012

The newspapers reported last week that MPs are considering whether to remove the requirement for a marriage to be consummated