Alan (not his real name) has been divorced for five years. He comes to see me because he has continued to suffer from anxiety, depression, and bouts of anger. His girlfriend recently ended their relationship because he often complains about his ex-wife and she worries about his increased alcohol use. He feels his life has stalled and recognizes that he is stuck. One of my first goals in working with someone like Alan is psychoeducation. I want to help him understand how the divorce has affected him by putting the divorce into perspective. Once we reduce his symptoms of anxiety […]

[author: Andrew Howey] This week’s post is authored by Andrew Howey, non-lawyer intern. Andrew had a great summer with us and the post below was generated after discussions we had recently with manufacturers about how to exit distributor agreements. Andrew’s comments were in consultation with other members of our manufacturing team. When negotiating distribution agreements, sometimes manufacturers overlook the significance of termination clauses. After all, if you are in the process of making an agreement with a new distributor, why take the time to worry about what will happen if the agreement needs to end? Yet this mistake can often […]

Since the enactment of the 1978 Spanish Constitution, the Spanish Constitutional Court has steadily protected service of claims on the defendants as part of the human right to a fair process. The peak of this protection was reached in Judgments 6/2019, 47/2019, 40/2020 and 50/2021, in which the Constitutional Court indicated that service of claims could not be achieved through e-mail communication to the e-mail address used for communications with the Spanish Tax Administration. For those non-Spanish defendants being a party to Spanish proceedings, three recent judgments by the Constitutional Court have declared the lack of validity of some recourses […]

If January wasn’t already depressing enough, today – the first working Monday of the year – is “divorce day”. Having made it through the holidays, this is the day that legal professionals report receiving the highest number of enquiries from couples wanting to officially split. A tense festive period, not to mention Covid restrictions, will have turned up the heat on simmering resentments and made married life, for some, unbearable. Divorce is a common event in family life – 42 per cent of British marriages will end this way. In 2019, 108,421 divorces were granted in the UK. We’re used […]

Commercial litigation involves almost any dispute arising from the modern business structure. It is commonly thought of as a specialized area of law. An attorney practicing commercial litigation may handle general cases or specialize in specific areas such as breach of contract claims, real estate issues, or partnership dissolution. Here we will discuss how commercial litigation is different from other types of litigation. Involvement of Businesses Rather Than Just Individuals Most of these disputes involve the business entities like corporations, LLCs, partnerships, and so on. These entities have legal rights, duties, and obligations distinct from their owners or members. It […]

Make sure you are buckled in for this ride. You feel anticipation, worry, anxiety and fear.  It can be likened to when you are waiting to get on a rollercoaster ride.  You continually question if this is for you.  On the ride, you close your eyes, scream and hold on tight.  The ride goes fast and may seem that it will never end.  When the ride stops, you feel dizzy and nauseous.  This is divorce. In the early phases of divorce, it’s hard to be patient while proceeding with your life as if nothing has transpired.   It is challenging […]

Meet the mad and murderous Dineley Gooderes The prize for history’s worst family feud is undoubtedly hard to judge. But the breakdown of the marriage between John Dineley Goodere and Mary Lawford in the eighteenth century and the subsequent demise of the Goodere Dineleys is surely in the running. The fateful tragedy started back in 1717. Following the death of his older brother, the second eldest son of the Dineley Goodere family, John, was forced to give up his life as a merchant marine in India and later a volunteer on HMS Diamond in war against France and take over […]

Home > News A group of cross-party MPs is demanding reforms to laws which, they say, leave cohabiting couples with ‘inferior’ protections to those who have formally married or have obtained a civil partnership. With cohabitating couples representing the fastest growing family type in England and Wales, the Women and Equalities Committee’s new Report – The rights of cohabiting partners – highlights the risks faced, often by women, upon relationship breakdown or the death of a partner. In the 25 years since 1996, the number of couples living together as cohabitants has more than doubled to 3.6 million, representing around […]

Lawyers warn the cost of living crisis is placing growing strain on couples with divorce enquiries to legal firms soaring to record levels last month. Data from the UK’s largest family law firm, shared exclusively with The Independent, showed lawyers received 4,129 enquiries last month, which is their highest ever recorded. This marks a 25 per cent jump from May this year, and a 34 per cent rise on July 2021 when Stowe Family Law received 3,089 divorce enquiries. Meanwhile, last month’s figures constitute a 132 per cent rise from July 2019 – before the pandemic and the cost of […]

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British firms are scrambling to severe economic ties with China in the wake of increased political and security tensions between Beijing and the West, an industry leader has said. The sudden restructuring of supply chains from China could also exacerbate the cost-of-living crisis, Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director-general Tony Danker warned. Speaking to FT Weekend, he said thousands of companies in the UK were currently engaged in rethinking supply chains in anticipation of hardening anti-China political sentiment. CBI Director-General Tony Danker warned corporate supply chains face becoming ‘more expensive and thus inflationary’ (Jonathan Brady/PA) / PA Archive Mr Danker […]

Michael Jordan is the greatest NBA player of all time. He’s achieved a lot of success, both on and off the court, and is one of the few athletes who’ve managed to join the billionaire club. However, if it wasn’t for Jordan’s divorce from Juanita Vanoy, his first wife, he would have had even more money at his disposal. Many fans are unfamiliar with Jordan’s personal life and don’t know that his divorce resulted in the largest celebrity divorce settlement on public record at the time. Let’s take a look at Jordan’s marriage to Vanoy, the divorce settlement and what […]

Seven in 10 divorcees do not split their pension, with women left at greater risk of retirement poverty, research reveals. Since 2000, divorcing couples have been able to share their pensions. But a survey of 1,000 people who have been through divorce in the past two decades revealed that of the majority who did not share their pensions, one in five hadn’t considered this as part of the financial settlement. For one in five, they did not want to share their pensions, according to the survey by consumer champion Which?. And recent data obtained by legal firm Nockolds revealed that […]

BACK in 2018 it became legal for couples to prepare and submit their own divorce paperwork. Great idea, you might think, if you’re one of the tens of thousands1 of people in the country getting divorced this year. That’ll save some money, especially if your divorce is straightforward. But does a “DIY” divorce come at a longer-term cost? Pension sharing orders are down Ministry of Justice figures recently show that the number of pension order sharing applications has fallen by a dramatic 35% since the so-called DIY divorce was introduced (despite a 1.6% increase in divorces between 2017 and 2020)2. […]

Hiring a litigation attorney increases the chances of a successful outcome. When two or more parties have a legal dispute, it can be impossible to solve the issue without the assistance of a litigation attorney. Coming to an agreement is not easy; this is where an expert in litigation comes in.  With different types of lawyers to choose from, knowing which one to hire can sometimes be complicated. Thankfully, litigation attorneys have exceptionally diverse knowledge and experience in handling different types of cases as follows:  Business Disputes Many business relationships involve contracts and other written agreements. However, sometimes the parties […]

A divorce settlement agreement is a legal document laying out the terms of your divorce. You may have heard it described with other names, including: Marital settlement agreement Mediated agreement Separation agreement Property agreement Collaborative agreement Custody, support and property agreement Separation and property settlement agreement What it’s called matters less than what’s included in the agreement. This document settles the terms of your divorce. If you can come to an agreement with your spouse, you can avoid having a judge divide your assets and property for you, making settling usually a better option than going to trial. Divorce Settlement […]