Jesse Williams and his wife Aryn Drake Lee have decided to go their separate ways after five years of marriage, and the Grey’s Anatomy star has asked a judge to grant him joint legal and physical custody of their two children. Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee are Divorcing because of Los Angeles — Report–> https://t.co/SUEvWvRCJz pic.twitter.com/djDhEY4uXT — Wetpaint (@WetpaintTV) May 1, 2017 Friends say that the 35-year-old “wants to be the hot single guy in Hollywood” and that Williams’ rise in Hollywood is to blame for the actor’s change of heart about his marriage. Page Six reported that Aryn Drake-Lee […]

The Law Society has today published its own general election manifesto, calling on the next government to put access to justice at the heart of Brexit Britain. Chancery Lane’s top five priorities include reinstatement of legal aid for early advice (particularly in housing and family), scrapping employment tribunal fees and enforcing the 2015 Modern Slavery Act. Regarding Brexit, the Society calls for negotiation of reciprocal rights of practice, audience and legal professional privilege for UK solicitors across the EU and in its courts. Ensuring the continuance of civil justice cooperation is also a key aspiration. Society president Robert Bourns said: […]

Sonam Kapoor‘s Veere Di Wedding hasn’t gone on-floors yet but the film is already in news. Few months back, there were reports that the film’s title is similar to a Punjabi film Veerey Ki Wedding that stars Jimmy Sheirgill in the lead.   Sonam’s father Anil Kapoor had intervened in this issue and written the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA). Reportedly, Anil Kapoor had moved the court and asked intervention. He wanted the court to stop the makers from using the similar title, claiming that they were seeking mileage from it.   Yesterday, the High Court dismissed Anil’s claims and ruled in favour […]

Top-40 firm Fieldfisher has confirmed it has issued legal proceedings against litigation specialist Stewarts Law over the handling of a personal injury case. Bristol-born lorry driver Michael Howe, now 70, was represented until last year by Stewarts in a claim against the Motor Insurers Bureau following a road traffic accident in France ten years ago. Howe was left paralysed following the crash but has struggled to secure compensation ever since and was told last month by the Court of Appeal that his appeal had been dismissed. By the time of that hearing, Howe was represented by Fieldfisher, who applied for […]

Law panel to tell govt to work to reduce govt litigation Bureaucrats will have to shed the ‘let the courts decide’ attitude and take decisions which help the government reduce its share of cases in courts, the Law Commission is set to recommend.  The Commission met here on Friday to finalise the draft National Litigation Policy. The draft is likely to be submitted to the Law Ministry next week.  According to the Law Ministry, the central government is a party to 46 per cent of cases pending in courts and is hence one of the biggest litigants, a tag it […]

CONSCIOUSLY UNCOUPLED Jessica agreed with the concept of remaining “amicable” after spiting up NICK Knowles and his ex wife Jessica took some inspiration from Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin in order to achieve an amicable split. The couple, who have a son Eddie together, called time on their marriage earlier this year after briefly reuniting following Jessica’s battle with cervical cancer. Instagram Nick Knowles and ex wife Jessica took some inspiration from Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin in order to achieve an amicable split Since the split, Nick and Jessica have managed to remain on friendly terms and even spent the May Bank Holiday weekend […]

Home > News Fees may be deterring pursuit of child maintenance On 2 May 2017 the Commons Work and Pensions Committee published its report on the Child Maintenance Service.  The Committee has found that the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), introduced in 2012, has problems, “as with any new scheme”, that need to be addressed, and some with urgency. Transition to the new schemeThe committee recommends that case histories of prolonged under-payment of child maintenance be transferred automatically from the Child Support Agency (CSA) to CMS. In instances where the CSA case included ongoing enforcement action, parents with care should be […]

She said: “If I sued, I would be taking away yet more money from the NHS, so making it more likely that a future patient would endure a similar ordeal. “This is the point Corbyn and Labour don’t get. “They say they are socialists, yet they’re doing nothing about a system which treats the NHS as if it were a manufacturer making faulty products, instead of a provider of a vital social good.” She said: “I may be the first parliamentary candidate forced to lie down, rather than stand, for office. “But I’m determined to do something useful with what’s left of my life. “I’m taking on Corbyn in his political comfort zone. He talks about shaping the […]

NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats will have to shed the ‘let the courts decide’ attitude and take decisions which help the government reduce its share of cases in courts, the Law Commission is set to recommend. The Commission met here on Friday to finalise the draft National Litigation Policy. The draft is likely to be submitted to the Law Ministry next week. According to the Law Ministry, the central government is a party to 46 per cent of cases pending in courts and is hence one of the biggest litigants, a tag it wants to shed. Over 3.14 crore cases are pending […]

London, United Kingdom, May 6, 2017 (Newswire.com) – Commercial litigation is an expensive, deeply unpredictable, resource-intensive and risky business, so much so that a significant number of companies and individuals shelve the idea of pursuing a claim before even investigating the options.  There is a solution to all of this, however. Third party litigation finance allows you to bring good quality commercial claims at little or even no financial risk, in return for giving up a pre-agreed percentage of the resultant damages or a percentage/multiple of the money loaned. It can be used by claimants who simply cannot fund the […]