News / 10.10.2019 Christmas contact for separated families Christmas can be a difficult time of year for families, especially those that are newly separated or those that can’t agree on arrangements for the children. The courts won’t deal with Ch... Read More
News / 03.09.2019 Whose fault is it anyway? – time for reform Divorce law in England and Wales has remained the same for about 50 years and following research from the Nuffield Foundation it was highlighted that the current law fails to establish why the marriag... Read More
News / 30.08.2019 The benefits of a Prenuptial Agreement Protecting the family assets. When farming couples divorce sorting out the financial settlement is notoriously difficult to resolve. The business and the family home need to be valued and... Read More
News / 08.04.2019 School Holidays – Child Arrangement Orders Following Divorce and Separation For many parents, the dilemma of how to keep their children entertained for six weeks is just one of their worries. Following a divorce or separation, there is often the difficult question of who the... Read More
News / 21.01.2019 100 Years of Women in Law 2019 marks 100 years since women were able to qualify as solicitors. In 1919 the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act came into force and so paved the way for women to be admitted into the legal profess... Read More
News / 14.01.2019 How you can come unstuck with DIY online divorce In these cash strapped times, more people are doing their own online divorce but there are significant financial risks of not getting legal advice from a specialist family law solicitor. It is vital... Read More
News / 02.01.2019 Adultery is a clear ground for a divorce – right? There is only one ground for a divorce and that is that the “marriage has broken down irretrievably”. To all non-lawyers out there this seems to be pretty clear and quite simple.&nbs... Read More
News / 12.11.2018 Battens Rewards Workers with Three Key Promotions David Stephens, Chairman of Battens solicitors, has announced the promotion of three of its staff by awarding them significant promotions. Gemma Galvani, Georgina Bacon, and Oliver Thorp have all... Read More
News / 21.12.2017 Battens Solicitor Earns Revered Accreditation Battens Solicitors has reason to celebrate this festive season thanks to the hard work of Family Law team member Georgina Bacon, who has been awarded a place on the Law Society’s prestigious Chi... Read More
News / 18.12.2017 Divorced Women Lose Out on £5 billion a Year in Pension Payments A survey, commissioned by Scottish Widows, has found that women are losing out on £5 billion per year, by not considering pensions during financial proceedings following a divorce. According to... Read More
News / 24.07.2017 Battens Expands Family Law Team Tracey Parsons, former head of a family law team in London, has joined one of the South West's most successful law firms, Battens Solicitors. Tracey, who practiced law in London for 12 years&nb... Read More
News / 24.07.2017 Agree to Disagree As family solicitors we know that relationships break down for a whole host of reasons. Obvious examples are when others get involved or interfere, when there are money disputes or differences over... Read More