As a member of the Law Society Children Law Accreditation Scheme, the team at King Street Solicitors have represented numerous families caught in the middle of acrimonious and protracted disputes about how time should be [...]
If you made a will during your marriage, what happens to it after you get divorced? Does divorce nullify a will? Or is a will still valid after divorce? Does divorce nullify a will? Divorce [...]
I started work in a solicitors practice as an Office Junior just over 30 years ago. I made the tea, photocopied and hand delivered local post amongst other duties. I used an old typewriter which meant [...]
We asked Francesca to tell us a bit more about herself: What made you decide to become a solicitor? When my school careers officer asked where I wanted to do work experience, aged 16, I [...]
When parents are no longer together issues and difficulties often arise which impact on arrangements for the children of the family. This can often result in the parent with primary care of the children stopping [...]
In my last blog, I wrote about the legal effect of special guardianship orders. Today, I’m going to talk about what the Local Authority considers in carrying out a special guardianship order assessment. Before the [...]
When members of an extended family put themselves forward to care for children, the Local Authority will almost always agree to carry out a ‘viability’ assessment of them. This is usually a fairly quick piece [...]
As my third and final post of the week I wanted to address an issue I often get asked about by clients. I frequently represent parents and family members who currently have Social Workers allocated [...]
Happy Monday everyone…. I am charged this week with introducing myself and also hopefully bringing some useful information to you all! I am the newest member of the team here at King Street. I am [...]
Legal Aid is still available to enable family solicitors to deal with family injunction applications. Solicitors can obtain protective orders for their clients from the family Courts relating to a spouse or partner’s behaviour and [...]
