When a marriage ends, most people’s attention goes to the divorce itself: getting the Final Order and, with it, a sense that the marriage is over. But the divorce and the financial settlement are two separate legal processes, and reaching the end of one does not automatically resolve the other. Knowing how the two interact,...Read More

In our previous article, we looked at how long the divorce itself typically takes, from the application through to the Conditional Order and Final Order, a process that, in a straightforward case, can be completed in around six to seven months. In this second article, we turn to the question we are asked just as...Read More

If you’ve just started thinking about divorce, there’s a good chance the question keeping you up at night isn’t “how do I file for divorce”, it’s “how long is this actually going to take, and when will I finally feel like it’s over?” It’s a fair question, and formally ending a marriage is often the...Read More