We have two important judgments in early 2024 and Autumn 2025 first in the Supreme Court and now Court of Appeal...
AFP Blooms lifts the lid on complex family legal cases.
Instructing a family lawyer for the first time can feel daunting. There’s a lot of information to process, and it’s natural to worry about costs.
Working in the ultra high net worth space often means working through difficult problems with people who are used to solving them.
“A Lawyer’s Perspective’ Series - Nicole Derham, Partner, AFP Bloom. Welcome to our series “A Lawyer’s Perspective” which aims to de-mystify and explain (in plain English!) ...
AFP Bloom is proudly Anglo-French at heart. As a cross-border family law practice, the team works every day with clients whose lives, assets and families span both the UK and France.
Firstly let’s address why you even need to ask these questions. It’s because the right questions build trust, and ultimately better outcomes.
AFP Bloom is glad to share that founder and partner Zoë Bloom has been shortlisted for Inspirational Woman of the Year at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards International 2026...
We welcome Darren Hark as a new Senior Associate at AFP Bloom.
A separation often puts significant strain on a family’s finances. If you rely on your spouse to cover household expenses...
Does the Court care about bad behaviour? What about.. Cheating, Coercive Control...
Someone once said to me, ‘there isn’t enough room for lots of people who aren’t doing an actual job’.
Finally. An indemnity costs award against Mr Simon for his ‘troubling’ litigation conduct.
Divorce lawyers. We have a bad rap. We charge too much, we exploit misery, children’s needs are ignored. We make things worse, we polarise parties, we are motivated by greed.
You’re absolutely right. AI isn’t ready for law yet. What we need, is lots of those clever non lawyer creative techie people...
A few days ago I had the pleasure of being in Istanbul meeting colleagues from 30 or more different countries...
They’re getting married at the end of this year and I’m worried about what a future divorce could mean for him as they’re in very different financial situations..
The Family Justice Council (FJC) has published guidance for professionals and litigants who represent themselves on the use of covert recordings in family law proceedings...
On 5 April deadline this year which was a once in a generation tax change. With orderly haste I finished cases with £170million worth of divorce assets to beat that deadline...
Most of us hope it isn’t of course, whatever James Brown thought. A leading businesswoman Gina Miller has recently spoken out in favour of a better business investment culture for women...
If your daughter was worth much more than her partner (say possibly 30+ times more), had 2 children from a previous relationship, and you suspected an engagement was coming soon, what would you do?
AFP Bloom are very pleased that Zoë Bloom has been awarded silver in the Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year Category by Citywealth International Powerwomen Awards 2025.
As if hauling lawyers away from the comfort of archaic grandiose language wasn’t hard enough, we now have to deal with clients replicating the lexicon via AI.
AFP Bloom have been recognised by The Times as one of the best UK law firms in its annual list of the top 250 practices in England and Wales.
AFP Bloom are thrilled to welcome Joeseph Mulhern to the team as a Senior Associate. Joseph Mulhern is known for advising clients in relation to both finance and ...
Zoë Bloom has ben shortlisted for the following 3 awards: Entrepreneurial Woman of the year and Business Growth by Citywealth in their prestigious International Powerwomen awards...
In this final judgment resulting from the financial remedy proceedings between Mr and Mrs Simon with Level intervening, Mr Justice Peel rehearses the ‘troubling’ history of the case...
We really do mean it when we say we are expert in complex litigation...
At a family law conference in Greece last month, I attended a talk by European lawyers about prenuptial agreements and the protections they can offer people...
As of the end of March, there has been a shift in family law which many have welcomed with open arms. Parties now must consider alternative dispute resolution (ADR)...
In the rush to digitisation of law work, family lawyers now have a range of court portals to navigate to file documents for clients...
The changes to the taxation of non UK domiciled individuals (“non doms”) announced by the Spring Budget 2024 will have a huge impact on international families living in the UK...
Two boutique London based law firms specialising in high net worth divorce and family law are to merge on 1 February 2024...
