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Inspiring young people to join the legal profession with Renaissance Foundation
On Thursday 10 June 2021, members of the Miles & Partners team will be taking part in an event hosted by Renaissance Foundation, speaking to young people about taking the route to the Bar by qualifying as a solicitor. Renaissance ...
Read more09.06.2021
Do adult children living at home have rights over the matrimonial house in a divorce?
Recent research by Loughborough University shows a sharp rise in the so called ‘boomerang’ generation of young adults returning to live at home until their late twenties or early thirties. This trend has continued as a result of the pandemic ...
Read more21.05.2021
Who has parental responsibility and what does it mean?
Families now come in all shapes and sizes, and children may live with parents who are cohabiting, married, separated or divorced. They may be part of a step-family, live with adoptive parents, grandparents, other relatives or a special guardian. If ...
Read more09.05.2021
Relocating with your child after separation
During any separation or divorce, one of the primary concerns will be the impact on any children. It is unavoidable that change will occur in everybody’s lives, and there may be the time when you decide that a relocation is ...
Read more14.04.2021
Can we finalise our divorce before the house is sold?
For the majority of people, their most significant asset is the family home. So, it is not surprising that when it comes to dealing with the financial consequences surrounding divorce, questions about what will happen to the matrimonial home are ...
Read more06.04.2021
Arrangements for children after a same sex divorce or separation
Following the introduction of civil partnerships in 2005 and same sex marriages in 2014, there has been an increase in families and then relationship breakdown between same sex parents. Finding agreement over issues relating to children can be tricky in ...
Read more17.03.2021
Surrogacy for single parents and your legal rights
Recently The Times reported on the story of David Watkins, one of the first men to become a single father by choice in the UK after the surrogacy laws were reformed in 2019. The change ended a restriction over providing ...
Read more09.03.2021
Family solicitors volunteer advice to School-Home Support practitioners in London
In February, solicitors from Miles & Partners in London volunteered at a legal workshop for School-Home Support’s Pro Bono Project in London. School-Home Support is an organisation that works with schools, local authorities and other children’s settings, to provide support ...
Read more01.03.2021
International child abduction – Frequently asked questions
The child abduction team at Miles & Partners Solicitors has extensive experience in cases of international child abduction when children are bought to England and Wales from another jurisdiction without the consent of the other parent. Here are the answers ...
Read more25.02.2021