About this episode

The episode discusses how the court handles pets during divorce and separation.

In the latest episode of Pump Court's Family Law Podcast, host Maria Henty discusses how the court deals with pets upon divorce and separation, with Estella Newbold-Brown, Partner and Head of Family Law at Amphlett Lissimore . During the episode, Maria and Estella cover the current approach to pets, scope for reform, pet-nups, and Estella’s work with the working group on pets on divorce and separation. A meeting of the All-party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group will be held on 9 December 2025 - please click  here   for further information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Maria Henty

Guest: Estella Newbold-Brown

Topics covered

• pets
• divorce
• separation
• family law
• court approach
• pet-nups

Keywords

• pets
• divorce
• separation
• family law
• pet-nups
• court
• reform

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amphlett Lissimore, Pump Court Chambers

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