A woman who angered her neighbours by decorating her multimillion-pound townhouse with red and white stripes can ignore a planning order to repaint the property, the high court has ruled. Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring, a property developer, painted candy stripes on the three-storey facade of the terrace home in South End, Kensington, west London, in March 2015. …
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Woman who set up male-only divorce law firm says men are the ‘biggest losers’ in cases – The Indepen…
A lawyer who set up her own firm specifically to help men in divorce proceedings has said it is men who are often the “biggest losers” in cases, not women. Barbara Johnson-Stern set up the firm Cordell and Cordell in London in 2015. She told the Daily Mail: “Women are often seen as the biggest …
Drug trafficker Sorayah Constant avoids jail time arguing ‘separation hardship’ – ABC Online
Posted April 27, 2017 12:44:33 A twice-convicted drug trafficker who argued her children would suffer separation hardship if she was sentenced to a term of imprisonment has been spared jail time after a successful appeal. Sorayah Louise Constant, 32, was sentenced to jail for at least 18 months for drug offences in April last year, …
Your Money: Older couples ponder financial impact of divorce – Reuters
By Beth Pinsker | NEW YORK NEW YORK What makes couples want to split after decades of marriage? The future. “They look at their spouses and say: ‘I have between 20 and 30 years left, and I don’t want to spend it with you,’ ” says John Slowiaczek, a divorce lawyer in Omaha, Nebraska, who …
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Swaziland To Be 1st African Country To Ban Divorce?
Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, could soon be the first African country to outlaw divorce, following a recent decree by King Mswati III discouraging divorce. The King issued the order at an Easter celebrations rally that was attended by Christian religious leaders at the Engabezweni Royal Residence, according to Quartz. “In our culture, once you …
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Three in five people now think civil partnerships should be open to all – Family Law
A survey of 2,000 people carried out by research consultancy Populus shows that almost three in five people think that civil partnerships should be open to all couples, not just same-sex couples. 57% of respondents thought that civil partnerships should be made available to both mixed-sex and same-sex couples whilst 20% thought they should be …
7 Crucial Reasons Divorced Women Need A Long-Term Financial Plan
7 Crucial Reasons Divorced Women Need A Long-Term Financial Plan by Renee Walter It takes a major life event to trigger a woman over 40 to look seriously at her financial picture—the past, the present and the future. Examples of these life events include going through a divorce, becoming widowed, or having aging parents who need …
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Heston Blumenthal to finally divorce estranged wife Zanna in London hearing six years after they spl…
Divorce on the menu The decree nisi will be delivered at the Central Family Court in Holborn, London tomorrow HESTON Blumenthal’s 28 year marriage to estranged wife Zanna will come to an end tomorrow when the pair finally divorce – six years after they split. The former couple’s divorce will go before District Judge Anne Hudd …
Parents planning divorce so one can marry their SHARED girlfriend and legally make her third parent …
A married couple with three children are planning a divorce to allow one to wed their shared girlfriend and form a three-way relationship to raise their children. Cristina Kaiser, 31 and her husband Benno, 37, met 12 years ago and went on to have Isaiah, 11, Rebecca, seven, and Brianna, six. After years of marriage, …
York sex attacker spared jail despite lying to court – Daily Mail
Judge Paul Batty (pictured) lambasted John Lewis Lyons, 66, for lying about needing a wheelchair during his case A sex offender who groped and threatened to kill his victim while doing maintenance work then falsely claimed that he was wheelchair-bound in court. John Lewis Lyons, 66, grabbed the woman’s breast and tried to convince her to …
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