John Boon

It emerged last week that, despite the legislation having passed through Parliament a year ago, the planned reforms to the Divorce System in England and Wales, which were due to be implemented this Autumn, will now be delayed until at least 6 th April...

The recent outbreak of Covid-19 and the restrictions which have been put in place by the Government mean that a large number of us are spending more time on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and using electronic forms of...

On 9 April 2019 the Justice Secretary, David Gauke, announced that the Government would introduce legislation, as soon as possible, to allow married couples to divorce without blaming the other party for the breakdown of the marriage/civil...

The Supreme Court today handed down its judgment in the long-running case of Owen v Owens. The case concerns a married couple, Mr and Mrs Owens, who were married in 1978. They have two adult children. Mr and Mrs Owens separated...

The recent judgment of Mr Justice Holman in the case of Re: T (a Child) [2017] EWFC 19 highlighted the possible benefits of social media within family proceedings. In this particular case, Facebook was used in order to ascertain the whereabouts of a...

It remains a common misconception that it is possible for a married couple or civil partners within the jurisdiction of England and Wales to divorce or dissolve their civil partnership on the grounds of “irreconcilable differences”, as they can...

The long running case involving Kathleen Wyatt and Dale Vince garnered national attention last year when the case came before the Supreme Court (Wyatt –v- Vince [2015] UKSC 14). The High Court has now delivered a judgement (Wyatt v Vince [2016] EWHC...