Dating after getting divorced can feel really scary. The insecurity of being older, divorced, and out of practice (for lack of a better phrase) all plays into the fear, anxiety and stress that dating after divorce can bring. As someone who didn’t get married until age 35, I dated a lot. Seriously, a lot. Let’s say I started dating in high school—age 16. That gave me 19 years in the dating scene before I tied the knot. I then got separated and divorced at 41 and dated after divorce for several years. I’m not married, but at 49, I met […]

The latest warning from the financial courts comes from the judgment of Recorder Salter in AA v AB (Costs) [2021] EWFC B16. The brief background is the parties met in 2005 and started cohabiting in the husband’s property which he had purchased prior to the marriage in 2002. In 2008, they relocated to the UAE where they lived in rented property and enjoyed the high standard of living of expatriates. They married in 2011 and had one child in 2015. They separated in 2019 when, in April, the wife issued for divorce in England based on the party’s joint domicile. […]

Divorce is a process. It’s a roller coaster ride. But during the ride, I think there’s a point when people feel like they’ve hit rock bottom. This article addresses rock bottom, and some divorce advice if/when you feel you are there. Rock bottom could be when the marriage is so bad that the person feels they need to separate. It might be when a spouse shocks them and says he/she wants a divorce and is in love with someone else. It might be the day the spouse moves out. It might be the day the person finds out their soon-to-be […]

The G7 finance ministers’ tax deal is a step on the road to a better global tax system. If we have got this far, it is because of pressure from citizens who have realised how broken the current system is. That is why this week’s move by the EU to force big corporations publicly to break down their profits on a country-by-country basis is as important as the G7 deal. The good news is that public country-by-country reporting will now be extended to all the biggest companies based or operating in the EU. The bloc already requires it for extractive […]

UK: Cost Budgeting In Civil Litigation – Where Are We Now? 01 June 2021 Trowers & Hamlins To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A “cost budget” sets out the costs a party has incurred and anticipates it will incur in court proceedings up to and including trial. Save for very few exceptions (including, by way of an example, cases in value of £10 million or more), all legally represented parties engaging in civil litigation on the multi-track must produce a cost budget before […]

The Prime Minister married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a private ceremony at cathedral on Saturday. On Sunday church-goers expressed concern and called for clarification about how the ceremony was allowed to go ahead as Catholic canon law does not allow re-marriage of a divorcee whose former spouse is still alive. Mr Johnson is twice divorced. He was first married for six years Allegra Mostyn-Owen. He was then married for 27 years to Marina Wheeler. Their divorce was finalised in 2020. READ MORE But as neither were Catholic ceremonies, it is believed they were considered invalid by the church. Westminster […]

UK: The Risks Of Engaging In Civil Litigation As A Litigant In Person To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Court procedures can be daunting to the uninitiated and that is one good reason why you should never engage in civil litigation without professional assistance. In a case on point, a businessman had a costly judgment entered against him simply because of his repeated failure to abide by the rules. The businessman was sued by two claimants who said that he had induced them to make […]

At King & Wood Mallesons, we’re telling our clients and their boards to keep in mind two key considerations: first, work out what you are going to disclose in relation to climate targets and transition plans; and, second, understand the risks of disclosure. Who says what? Climate change disclosure is a particularly complex and rapidly evolving area. There are a range of voluntary reporting frameworks and standards. Certain regulators publicly support the framework developed by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). However, none of the frameworks or standards have been definitively adopted by governments or regulators in Australia, […]

UK: Witness Statements – Sticking To The Facts 21 May 2021 RadcliffesLeBrasseur To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Changes have been made to the rules governing witness statements over the past 12 months. These changes aim to make the process of preparing witness evidence more open and to ensure that the witness statement is a personal account of the facts. Changes to the Statement of Truth in witness statements came into effect in April 2020. The amendment under the 113th update to the Civil […]