Did you used to be indecisive but you're not so sure now? Natalie Morris is on a mission to help you change your 'should-do's' into 'dones'. It’s 4.15am and I’m awake, something or someone has woken me up and try as I might I can’t get to sleep again. The more I lie there, the crosser I get and the more my thought processes kick in – the kids will stir soon and I have a challenging day at work ahead. 

Sadly, many Many Mwaah readers will experience a break down in their marital relationships, or will need to seek resolution in emotionally charged family disputes. Family Law expert, Joyti Henchie prefers to keep such emotive family matters out of the court room ... Divorce, separation, financial settlements, children disputes, child protection, co-habitation agreements and disputes, pre-nups, civil partnerships - all will usually require the intervention of a Family Law specialist to advise on the right course of action to take. 

HALF OF WOMEN HAVE NO PENSION! ...“Almost half of all non-retired women do not have a pension beyond their state entitlement, new estimates suggest. A ‘staggering’ 47% of adult British women have no pension plan in place, workplace or other, according to research by Barings. Instead they will be completely reliant on their state pension entitlement...”  Maybe such headlines accurately mirror the truth, maybe they are deliberately created by the marketing departments of pensions providers to lure more female investors – either way, social trends (such as longer life expectancy and higher divorce rates) are dictating that more women desire financial independency than ever before.  Leigh Barnett of GQ Wealth Management is on a mission to make the tricky…

Peter Andre is understood to have issued court papers seeking ‘custody’ of his and Katie Price’s children. It is thought that Peter has made an application for the residence of both children following allegations that daughter Princess was burnt during a recent holiday to Klosters...... Joyti Henchie, Partner and Head of the Family department at Attwaters solicitors discusses the legal implications of parental responsibility (PR). Peter and Katie seem to have made various criticisms that have reached the public domain about each other’s parenting style and ability to look after their children, Princess and Junior – this is all too…

Mwaah’s recent article on resolving matrimonial and family affairs out-of-court has had quite an impact – one reader raised the question of cohabitation with us and asked what legal rights a “common law wife” might expect upon separation from her partner after living with him for many years. Who better to turn to for advice in such matters than local solicitor Joyti Henchie, Partner and Head of the Family department at Attwaters?