How we work

Editorial standards

Last updated 16 August 2026

The rule underneath all of this

If we cannot show you where a claim came from, we do not make it.

Divorce content is a field where being confidently wrong costs readers real money. So we would rather publish a guide that says "this depends on X, and here is how to find out" than one that gives you a clean answer we cannot stand behind.

How a guide gets written

  1. We start from the question, not the keyword

    Each guide exists because people genuinely ask that question. The headline is the question, and the first thing on the page is the answer. If you read only the box at the top, you should leave with the right answer.

  2. We go to the primary source

    Legislation, GOV.UK, HMCTS forms and fee schedules, and the courts' own published guidance come first. Secondary commentary is used to check our reading, not to replace it.

  3. Prices get checked, and dated

    Any figure from a third party is checked against that provider's own public pricing page, and we publish the date we checked it. A price without a date is not information, it is decoration.

  4. A qualified solicitor reviews it

    Anything describing how the law works is read by a qualified family solicitor before it is marked as published. They can strike claims out. Nothing goes live over a reviewer's objection.

  5. It gets re-checked

    Every guide carries a "last updated" date. We revisit when the law moves, court fees change, or the market shifts.

How we label unfinished work

Guides that have not yet been through solicitor review carry a Draft label on the home page and a banner across the top of the page itself. Any individual claim we have not been able to confirm is shown highlighted, like this: an unconfirmed figure.

We would rather you see our working than see a tidy page that quietly guesses. Draft pages are also kept out of search engines until the review is done.

Sources

Every guide ends with a numbered sources box. Each entry links to the source, says which part of the guide it supports, and carries the date we last checked it. If a claim in a guide has no source behind it, that is a bug. Tell us and we will fix it.

Corrections

When we get something materially wrong we correct it, and we say what changed and when rather than editing quietly. Minor fixes such as typos are made without a note.

Commercial relationships

Whatever the arrangement, three things hold. A commercial relationship never changes what a guide concludes. Any page carrying a paid placement says so on that page, not just in a policy. And we never sell your personal details to anyone.

What we will not do

  • Present a legal outcome as certain when it depends on the facts of your case
  • Use fear or urgency to push a reader towards a paid product
  • Claim professional review that did not happen
  • Publish a price without the date it was checked
  • Let a commercial partner see a guide before publication

Artificial intelligence

We use AI tools to help draft and structure content. No page is published on the strength of an AI draft alone: a human editor takes responsibility for it, sources are checked by hand against the primary source, and legal content goes through solicitor review. The named author on a page is accountable for it.

Tell us we are wrong

Corrections, missing sources, out-of-date figures: get in touch. We would much rather hear it from you than leave it up.