At Higgins Miller we specialise in all areas of family law but perhaps at the heart of what we do are divorce proceedings. We have a wealth of experience dealing with all aspects of divorce from the paperwork relating to the divorce itself to the financial and children aspects that are often the most important […]
More than 1,300 people have learnt the abusive past of their partners via disclosures from police under Clare’s law which allows police to disclose information about a partner’s previous history of domestic violence or violent acts. The scheme is named after Clare Wood, 36, from Salford, who was strangled and set on fire in 2009 […]
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has been criticised in the media by the grandfather of his 22 month old daughter, Gemma, for failing to pay child maintenance. Mr Gallagher had a relationship with Gemma’s mother whilst he was married. He has never seen his child and last week was fined £5000 for failing to turn […]
Happy new year to you all from Higgins Miller. We are celebrating the new year with the launch of our brand new You Tube channel which contains videos giving all sorts of information about a variety of family law issues. You can take a look now by clicking here. For more information and advice please […]
Happy Christmas from us all at Higgins Miller we hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have not sent Christmas cards this year but instead have made donations to two local charities Stockport Food Bank and Stockport Foster Carers’ Association. Today at lunchtime we exchanged our secret santa gifts some […]
A senior family Judge has called for fixed pricing for each stage of a finance case after he heard a case where the costs of both parties totalled £920,000 or 31.9% of the assets of the marriage. In this particular case the costs were so high partly due to both parties being allowed to appoint […]
The case of Ashya King the five year old cancer patient has led to a media frenzy with comment coming from everyone from Boris Johnson to Nick Clegg. But what are the legal implications of the situation? It appears that upon Asyha’s removal from hospital by his parents Portsmouth City Council made an application for Ashya to be […]
Katie Price has announced on Twitter to announce that she plans to divorce her husband Kieran Hayler. In the tweets posted yesterday she accused her husband of having an affair with her friend, Jane Pountney, for the last seven months. Katie and Keiran were married in March 2013 and have a nine month old son, […]
What has been described as “the largest Family Law reform for a generation” by the Ministry of Justice has come into force today. From today all family cases will be heard in the new Single Family Court and will be allocated to the correct level of Judge in the most suitable location by the court. […]
We are joyful here at Higgins Miller to see that an announcement has been made by Sir Elton John and his civil partner David Furnish that they are to marry after a change in the law in England and Wales to allow same-sex weddings for the first time The NBC show in America was told […]