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NLJ: What's fair in the no blame game?

02 March 2022
Issue: 7969 / Categories: Legal News , Family , Divorce
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Romantic relationships are complicated, particularly when they end...

Writing in this week’s NLJ, David Burrows, solicitor advocate and NLJ columnist, surveys the main provisions in the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, and rules made thereunder.

With a fine toothcomb, Burrows compares old with new, identifying some unfortunate gaps and omissions along the way. This is the first in a two-part series on the 2020 Act, which does away with fault-based divorce. In the next instalment, Burrows will pick up on further shortcomings in the new scheme. 

Issue: 7969 / Categories: Legal News , Family , Divorce
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