On 17th May the UK’s Supreme Court heard the case of Owens v Owens, a contested divorce case that has been brought to the Supreme Court on appeal from the Court of Appeal. 

A fully digital divorce application process has now been rolled out across England and Wales from 1st May 2018. 

In what has been described as a ‘landmark decision’, judges at the Appeal Court in London have upheld a man’s appeal against the requirement to pay life-long maintenance to his ex-wife, reports the Daily Mail. 

The European Court of Human Rights has recently given its ruling in an interesting case concerning a man’s right to contest the paternity of a child. 

The Office for National Statistics has published its ‘Marriages in England and Wales: 2015’ bulletin, which gives details on the number of marriages that took place in England and Wales, analysed by age, sex, previous marital status and civil or religious ceremony.