Lisa Burton-Durham is a Legal Executive in the Brighton office and has been with Mayo Wynne Baxter for over 20 years. Lisa deals with a range of family law matters, including divorce, matrimonial finance, children matters, pre-nuptial agreements, and cohabitation agreements and disputes.
During her time with the firm, Lisa was a Legal Secretary and Assistant for 14 years within the Family Department, after which she studied to become a Legal Executive and was admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in October 2006. Lisa will often visit the Seaford office as she is familiar with many clients from that area. In addition to this, Lisa regularly writes for Seaford Scene and other local magazines.
At work Lisa enjoys all family work, but is particularly interested and adept in divorce and matrimonial finance issues. Lisa is also a member of Resolution. Outside of work Lisa is interested in photography, food and drink and enjoys socialising with friends and family.
In England and Wales the law relating to financial property when a couple divorce is discretionary and wide ranging. The principles acknowledge that the circumstances surrounding separating couples and families are countlessly different and a ‘one size fits all’ approach would never work. However, for us lawyers it can make it very difficult to predict… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
Sir Nicholas Wall, England and Wales’s most senior family law judge has recently stated that couples should be granted a quick legal separation without shame In a speech at the annual conference of Resolution he went on to say that society no longer views divorce as shameful and that there are no good arguments against… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
As gay marriage continues to make headlines the debate is still marred by misunderstandings about the legal differences between marriage and civil partnership. Marriage and civil partnership exist as parallel legal systems Contrary to some reports, they offer almost exactly the same legal rights. Back in 2004 civil partnership legislation tackled the inequalities of legal… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
