The government is working on a new house sale agreement aimed at speeding up the buying process which will be trialled later this year, according to Housing Minister Heather Wheeler. Wheeler said the aim is to develop a standard reservation agreement and officials are working with the industry led Home Buying and Selling Group. Furthermore,
The Council of Europe has said Muslim couples getting married in the UK should be legally required to civilly register their union before or during the Islamic ceremony. The organisation raised concerns about the role of sharia councils in family, inheritance and commercial law and called for obstacles stopping Muslim women from accessing justice to be removed. British authorities were asked
Jersey residents have been asked by their government how their 70-year old divorce law should be changed in a public consultation. Views were sought on whether people should be allowed to divorce before their 3rd year of marriage. The public were also asked if the age of marriage should be increased to 18 years of
Recent statistics reveal an increasing number of couples are choosing to marry prior to one of the couple dying. In recent years there has been a distinct increase in cohabiting couples living as common law husband and wife. However, many of these common law spouses do not make their partnership legal. Many are unaware that
A Scottish aristocrat has won the right to take his case to the Supreme Court. Charles Villiers, 55, accused his former spouse, Emma, 60, of “trying it on” in the English courts as a divorce tourist, claiming she only moved to London when they separated in order to apply for maintenance via the more generous
Official figures show divorced women over the age of 50 end up with a pension worth £100,000 less than that of their former husband. According to a survey of over-50s divorced people and married couples across Britain by the Office for National Statistics, the average pension pot of divorced women totals £131,000, compared to the
The first working Monday back after the Christmas break is dubbed “Divorce Day” by lawyers who typically see an increase in couples considering divorce. This year Divorce Day fell on Monday, January 7. Support service Amicable says that more than 40,500 people will search “divorce” online in January, which is almost 25% higher than at any
Official figures reveal there were 102,703 sales received by the Land Registry in November last year. Of these, 77,369 were freehold, a 2% decrease on November 2017 and 14,866 were newly built, a 13.5% increase over the same period. Of the 102,703 sales received for registration, some 31,721 took place in November 2018 of which
Official figures reveal more than 400 people filed for divorce over the festive period. Thirteen people filed for divorce on Christmas Day. HM Courts & Tribunals Service received 455 online divorce applications from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day. Spouses seeking to end their marriage are now able to complete the entire process online by
A woman has been found guilty of dishonestly claiming almost £10,000. Jane Prentice, 50, who claimed to be a single parent on a low income, with three children, was prosecuted after falsely claiming Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support from Swale council between August 2016 and December 2017. However, an investigation by the Department for