Family Law<\/em><\/a>, Jane Robey says: \u201cWith the decision to prorogue Parliament, the Prime Minister halted a Bill that would have made life so much easier for couples who just want to get on with their divorce, making a fresh start as quickly and painlessly as possible.<\/p>\n\u201cHaving passed its second reading in the House of Commons it moved to Report Stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut its further progress has been put into \u2018freeze-frame\u2019 mode by the Prime Minister\u2019s controversial and contentious decision. And so the waiting goes on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe impact on this new law of Parliament\u2019s prorogation – and the associated court cases questioning legality of the PM\u2019s decision – is like the effect of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) upon Premier League football matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe joy of a goal being scored is muted when the VAR call is made. TV freeze frames are deployed. Nobody knows for sure whether the goal is going to be allowed to stand – until the ultimate VAR arbiters have cast judgement. And so it is that at the time of nobody knows when, or if, divorce reform will finally come into play. What a frustrating time.\u201d<\/p>\n
She pledges that after years campaigning for the change, NFM and others \u201cwill continue to press for these important reforms to be introduced as soon as possible, so that divorcing couples will at last be able to settle their divorce or separation in a more mature and adult fashion than the current arcane system allows.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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