Cheryl James
Solicitor, in the Family Care Team
Cheryl is a solicitor specialising in children law who joined our busy family care team in January 2018, working alongside Helen Bull and Peter Ash. Cheryl is experienced in all aspects of Public Family Law; including care and supervision proceedings, emergency protection applications and secure accommodation orders.
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Family Care insights
The court system in England and Wales is an adversarial system, meaning that parties become two opposing sides, presenting their case to a judge for a decision. This approach can, unfortunately, create or amplify conflict, lead to expensive legal costs on both sides, as well as heavy emotional cost.
Divorce is a concept almost everyone is familiar with but we are commonly asked ‘what is divorce’ and ‘how do I get divorced?’.
The Ministry of Justice has announced changes to Court fees scheduled for May this year. 172 Court fees are going to increase, but how will this affect the fee for the application for divorce?