Family Law Services in Basingstoke and Guildford

10 year Anniversary

by Philip Bennett on October 19, 2011

The Child Law Partnership recently threw a party for 80  guests to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.  The Child Law Partnership was formed by Directors, Philip Bennett and Peta Malthouse in 2001 with just one office in Guildford. From those humble beginnings, the firm has gone from strength to strength and now consists of 20 [...]

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Valley Trust

by Philip Bennett on March 22, 2011

VALLEY TRUST The Child Law Partnership has, for many years, been closely involved with the Valley Trust charity. The Valley Trust was set up as a family breakdown counselling service in 1985 and from 1993 as a school counselling service covering Surrey and surrounding counties. They provide a confidential counselling service to pupils in schools [...]

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WILL YOU MARRY ME? – SIGN HERE FIRST!

February 10, 2011

With Valentine’s Day approaching this month, love is said to be in the air. For many, however, there are more practical and less romantic considerations to take into account upon marriage or when entering a civil partnership. With this in mind more and more people are considering entering into pre-nuptial agreements in an attempt to [...]

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New Year’s RESOLUTION(S)

December 30, 2010

With the arrival of the New Year, many people feel the need to reflect on their lives and make changes and resolutions for the year ahead.  Sadly for many, these changes can be as major as the decision to end a relationship.  Whether this is something you have been contemplating for a while or whether [...]

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Christmas comes but once a year….

December 19, 2010

 Although the Christmas period is seen as the happiest and most family oriented time of the year, it can be a huge strain on those who are going through relationship breakdown; and sometimes even more so for the children involved. If you are affected by relationship trouble or a break-up this Christmas try to maintain [...]

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We are off to the Conference again

November 13, 2010

Some of our childcare lawyers are off again at the end of this month to the Association of Lawyers for Children Annual conference held this year in Southampton at the end of this month. This amazingly is the 21st Annual Conference . Peta and I went to the very first one and since then between [...]

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Hair today Gone tomorrow

November 13, 2010

In cases where the misuse of alcohol and/or illegal drugs by a parent is an issue the courts often direct that tests should be carried out on a sample of hair to provide evidence. Judgment has now been delivered in a case involving Hair Alcohol Testing (LB Richmond v B & W [2010] EWCA 2903). [...]

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Higher court fees risk putting councils off care proceedings

November 2, 2010

Here we go again. Two and a half years ago the Labour government proposed a huge increase in court fees for local authorities starting care proceedings in the courts on behalf of vulnerable children from £150 to £4,825. The coalition government has now confirmed that it will stick with the eye-watering increase despite a campaign [...]

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Children as young as eight are spotting signs of neglect

October 25, 2010

There have been a couple of stories in the press in the last week which demonstrate the wide variety of situations that face the family lawyer… Nearly two thirds of children (61%), many as young as eight years old, have seen signs that could indicate child neglect in children in their classrooms, playgrounds, neighbourhoods and [...]

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Introducing the Child Law Partnership Blog

October 18, 2010

We have revamped our website and hope that our clients and visitors like the changes that we have made. One of the new things on our site is this blog. We plan to post new listings on a regular basis covering issues of the day relevant to family law and practice. We will also aim [...]

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