"Modern Marriage: Myths, Realities and Prospects"
February 15th, 2013
[Click on names below for a link to their papers and slides.]
Welcome and Introduction: Modern Marriage — Myths and Realities
Sir Paul Coleridge: Chairman, The Marriage Foundation
Keynote Address: Getting Married
Baroness Deech: Chair, Bar Standards Board
Research Findings 1: Divorce Rates – Myths and Realities
Harry Benson: Communications Director, Marriage Foundation
The Myths of History
Professor Rebecca Probert: Warwick School of Law
Dr Brienna Perelli-Harris: Lecturer in Demography, University of Southampton
Prenups – front-line experience
Ayesha Vardag, Managing Director, Vardags Solicitors
Prenups and the Marriage Bargain: giant step forward or giant step back?
Professor Anne Barlow, Family Law and Policy, Exeter University
Research Findings 2: New, specially commissioned, survey of marriage, cohabitation and commitment
Deborah Jeff, Partner and Head of Family Law, Seddons

Baroness Deech Conference room
Professor Rebecca Probert A welcome guest Paul Coleridge