{"id":685,"date":"2017-02-27T09:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T09:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/no-fault-divorce-is-long-overdue-says-top-judge-the-times-subscription\/"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:19:47","slug":"no-fault-divorce-is-long-overdue-says-top-judge-the-times-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/no-fault-divorce-is-long-overdue-says-top-judge-the-times-subscription\/","title":{"rendered":"No-fault divorce is long overdue, says top judge &#8211; The Times (subscription)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main\">\n<header class=\"Article-header Theme--news\"\/>\n<section class=\"Article-body Article-container Theme--news\">\n<figure class=\"Media Article-mediaLead  Article-media Media--lead \">\n<div class=\"is-delayedImageContainer\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Media-img\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.thetimes.co.uk\/web\/imageserver\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fc7f7e66c-fc67-11e6-a22f-c31ef65384a0.jpg?crop=1429,804,43,23&amp;resize=320,\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"Media-caption\"><span class=\"Media-captionContainer\">Hugh Owens said that he forgave his wife, Tini, for her affair, which meant she was not granted a divorce<small>DOMINIC LIPINSKI\/PA<\/small><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Article-content \">\n<p>A Supreme Court judge has criticised ministers for failing to reform divorce and cohabitation law, in a rare public outburst.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Wilson of Culworth said that the law was in urgent need of updating to do away with the old-fashioned requirement of fault being apportioned in a divorce.<\/p>\n<p>One of 11 justices on the UK\u2019s highest court, Lord Wilson said that he and other family law experts were \u201cvery disappointed\u201d that attempts in the mid-1990s to create a no-fault divorce system for England and Wales and the wider UK had failed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite increasingly vocal campaigning from lawyers, successive governments have resisted calls to amend the law, meaning that blame must still be attached to one side when a marriage breaks down.<\/p>\n<p>This month a woman\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ArticleMarketing ArticleMarketing--footer  Article-container\">\n<p>Want to read more?<\/p>\n<p>Register with a few details to continue reading this article.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleMarketing-alternate\">Already a subscriber? 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