Until the age of 25, a child or young person may be eligible for an Education, Health and Care Plan (‘EHCP’) from your local authority. As the name suggests, this may cover educational needs, social care needs and health needs. Obtaining an EHCP is not always straightforward.
With domestic abuse very much in the news - and the government’s Domestic Abuse Bill receiving royal assent on 29th April, four years after it was announced in the Queen’s speech - we look here at this subject in the context of UK immigration law.
Valemus Law, the UK-wide business and family law firm, is delighted to announce that Manisha Hurchurn has joined its Family and Divorce law practice.
“I was over the moon, I actually cried that day,” he says. “It was such a good feeling to know that, one, I could travel; but two, I’m part of something I’ve actually helped support and build. I pay my taxes, have done a lot of good work, and now I’m not like an alien or someone on the outside looking in.”
Many of my clients come to the first meeting asking: “How should we tell the children we are separating?” By just asking that question demonstrates mindful parenting. The parents both equally share the dread of that moment and how the children may react (putting their own issues to one side) but in so many cases the feedback suggests “it went okay” or “pretty well considering”.
Valemus Law, the UK-wide business and family law firm, is pleased to announce that Joanna Abrahams, recently Head of Setford Solicitor’s 30 strong Family practice, has joined its Family and Divorce law practice.
Sex every day for 25 years with a lying husband. That was the crux of Valemus Law’s Mark Goldstein’s eye-opening case that made it into Chapter 4 in the newly released definitive guide for women who have suffered a relationship breakdown, “The D-Word: When He's Got to Go, He's Got to Go” by relationship expert, Lisa Palmer, and entrepreneur, Lucinder Ellery.
The Supreme Court decision on Covid-19 business interruption claims has provided a lot of clarity on how disease extensions to property damage policies are to be construed. The anecdotal evidence is that most insurers are now paying out on claims made under these extensions where they were refusing to do so before the court’s decision.
After many, many years of campaigning, the blame game is to finally be removed, with the hope that separating parties will concentrate on resolving issues regarding their children and finances rather than focusing on why the marriage broke down.
The start of each year always shows a spike in divorce cases. No one should suffer in silence. If you are in a controlling relationship or been subject to any mental or physical abuse then there are organisations, the police and charities to help.
