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The “my breakup” initiative

6th February 20206th February 2020 BBL Family Law

Beverley Long director and mediator at bbl family law is the founder of the “my breakup” initiative. Beverley wants to ensure people going through a family or relationship breakdown invest their time money and emotions wisely by being... Read more

Top rated

14th January 2020 BBL Family Law

Peter Baughan has been listed as one of the top three family solicitors in Norwich by Three Best Rated. Three Best Rated was created to find the top 3 local businesses, professionals, restaurants etc. in your city. They display only businesses that... Read more

Making divorce easier

9th January 20209th January 2020 BBL Family Law

The start of the new year brings good news about changes to the divorce law. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill was laid before Parliament (again) on Tuesday 7 January. Fingers crossed this will third time lucky. The government... Read more

Legal fees – do I have to pay them?

1st October 2019 BBL Family Law

Legal fees are expensive – there’s no getting away from that. The usual rule in family proceedings is that each person pays their own legal fees. This is different to other civil litigation, where generally if you lose you will be ordered to pay... Read more

Pensions on divorce

2nd August 2019 BBL Family Law

After two years of investigating, the Pension Advisory Group has published their report which can be found here. This is excellent, a very useful resource, giving much needed advice and making recommendations about how pensions should be dealt with... Read more

Claiming against the house for unmarried couples

24th June 201924th June 2019 BBL Family Law

If you are married and split up, the family court has wide powers (if you divorce) to make decisions about your finances and to achieve “fairness”. If you’re not married, there are no similar laws. This is increasingly important, as less... Read more

No fault divorce

12th April 2019 BBL Family Law

The government has announced they will introduce no fault divorce. This is excellent news. The current law was introduced in the 1960's, and is set out in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Society has changed hugely since then, but divorce law... Read more

Keeping it in the family; post-nups

3rd January 2019 BBL Family Law

Samuel Johnson described second marriages as “a triumph of hope over experience”. We all know that divorce can be painful and expensive. Almost one in two marriages fail, which means divorce affects us all. In recent years London has... Read more

How to prepare for the first meeting with your solicitor?

24th October 201824th October 2018 BBL Family Law

How do you prepare for the first meeting with your divorce solicitor? These can be difficult meetings. Going through a relationship breakdown is never easy. Things maybe difficult at home, or you might be unsure about the relationship. On the... Read more

Beverley’s French adventure

24th September 2018 BBL Family Law

Beverley is cycling 500 miles in 3 days through the Auvergne in France, to help raise money for The Tommy Hollis Children's Charity. Here are some photos of her progress so far! Rather her than me! And apparently the flat fenland countryside in... Read more

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