We are pleased to announce that Hazel Manktelow has qualified as a Resolution Family Mediator and is now offering mediation appointments in both our Midhurst and Petersfield offices.
In the current economic climate managing personal finances is for many people harder than ever, with an increasing amount of people facing the prospect of personal insolvency.
On April 1, 2009, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Shaw v Doleman [2009] EWCA Civ 283, in which MacDonald Oates acted for the successful respondent.
Sheila Gooderham, Partner specialising in Family Law at the Petersfield office, looks at the myth surrounding the common law wife and what cohabiting couples can do to provide greater certainty in the event that their relationship ends.