Mediation for all separating couples

The Government announced yesterday that all divorcing couples who have a dispute to resolve around children or finances will be required to attend an assessment session to determine whether mediation would be appropriate before any applications to court would be allowed. You can read more about the proposals here. At Higgins Miller we are strong believers […]

Mediation

At Higgins Miller  Solicitors we have always been committed to resolving your case in the best way possible for you and your circumstances. That can be done in lots of different ways such as face to face negotiation, letters and phone calls between solicitors and, sometimes, court. We have always been committed to mediation: the […]

Katie Price and Alex Reid announce their plans to divorce

Katie Price and Alex Reid have announced that they plan to divorce after marrying in Las Vegas in February 2010. Because they have been married for less than a year they will have to wait to issue divorce proceedings. The law in England and Wales prohibits any divorce petition being presented to the court when […]

Changes to Legal Aid

The government has published a consultation about changes to legal aid. The changes that are suggested would mean that some areas of advice such as children disputes, divorce and financial disputes which are currently covered by legal aid would no longer have funding available except in much more limited circumstances. This would result in our […]

Child Maintenance System

The government has today announced changes to the child maintenance system. At the moment this is only a consultation so nothing is going to happen immediately. The proposals are based around encouraging separating parents to agree arrangements. That happens in quite at lot of cases already but anything that encourages this happening more should be a […]