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Edit: At time of edit, in 2018, court fees have risen again to £550 Considering that we all pay taxes in some way, shape or form it's entirely understandable that the need to pay a fee of £410 to the court when filing for a divorce irks the vast majority

It is now easier to obtain a divorce than a driving license senior judge, Sir Paul Coleridge, claimed during an interview with the BBC yesterday. Part of me can't help but feel that his comments have been misinterpreted somewhat. Obtaining my full driving license was a laborious and unforgiving task

News Corporation and many of its employees have seen their reputations tarnished and their careers left in tatters as a result of the recent phone hacking scandal. One group has, however, avoided becoming embroiled in the media frenzy despite them having been very much involved, however: private investigators. This isn't

An American couple in the middle of a divorce have been directed to reveal their Facebook passwords to their spouse's lawyers according to reports. The judge decided that the order was appropriate after having heard that one half of the divorcing couple, Stephen Gallion, had found a series of messages

Our pets are, to the vast majority of us, part of the family and are viewed as significantly more important than the other items that will need to be divided amongst a couple in the event of a divorce. In fact, many people regard their pets as being just as

My weekends have felt strangely empty over the last two months. Not that I haven't been busy - the traditional British summer barbecues have, as ever, been a permanent feature, as has lounging in beer gardens. I also recently acquired a rather delightful and gregarious Bichon Frise puppy called Bowie

The former wife of a doctor has been left living in a council flat and reliant on state benefits due to, she has claimed, negligence on the part of her divorce solicitor. Norma Wilson, a London property developer and nurse, has claimed that her solicitor, an employee of Herrington &

Couples that have daughters are more likely to find themselves divorced according to the results of a study conducted by scientists at Duke University, North Carolina. Whilst this pattern has been identified previously - with many arguing that this is proof of the fact that men prefer sons - however,

As many as 42,000 London-based couples are unable to get divorced as they feel that they would be unable to afford to live in the capital if they separated from their partners according to a survey conducted by IllicitEncounters.com. The site, a niche dating service for individuals seeking extra-marital affairs,

Women are more likely to initiate a divorce if their husbands do not help with household chores according to a recent study. The research, which was undertaken by the University of Stanford's department of sociology, analysed figures taken from a survey concerning 2,262 heterosexual couples aged between 19 and 64

Legislation legalising same-sex marriage was, in spite of fierce opposition from several quarters, legalised in the US in June of this year. Of all of the arguments put forward against the introduction of said law, however, no one predicted one rather unusual outcome: that it would prevent couples from getting

Typical! Quickie Divorce has been away from the blogosphere for just one week and, having checked the recent news on divorce, has noticed that several big stories concerning marital separation have been published in its absence. Rather than report on each story in an individual post, then, we've decided to