Family disputes, particularly those involving child custody, divorce settlements, and other sensitive matters, can be challenging and highly emotive. Typically, there are two routes for resolution: mediation and litigation. If you’re in the middle of a dispute and want to make an informed decision tailored to your situation, here’s a look at what mediation and …
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A woman has lost a court of appeal challenge over her name being removed from a child’s birth certificate after her ex-wife admitted she secretly had sex with their sperm donor. The “unprecedented” and “unusual” case centred on the question of who were the legal parents of a girl, now aged six. The child, referred …
Setting boundaries in relationships–including the one with your ex is essential. Think of boundaries in your relationships as an important element of your self-care. Boundaries are not meant to punish somebody else. They are meant to honor ourselves. Imagine your boundaries as a personal treaty to help protect your needs and wants and to preserve …
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Two million women are estimated to be victims of violence perpetrated by men each year in an epidemic so serious it amounts to a “national emergency”, police chiefs have warned. Crimes including stalking, harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence affect one in 12 women in England and Wales, with the number of recorded offences growing …
Our criminal justice system is rightly loaded in favour of letting those who are probably guilty walk free to avoid locking up the innocent for crimes they did not commit. Juries are directed to convict a defendant only if they are sure of their guilt. But terrible miscarriages of justice can and do happen. There …
The lengthy multi-year sentences handed to Just Stop Oil activists are “not acceptable in a democracy”, a UN special rapporteur has said, as the government faced growing pressure to reverse the previous administration’s “hardline anti-protest” approach. Michel Forst, the UN special rapporteur for environmental defenders, joined a growing chorus of voices condemning the sentences handed …
A former minister overseeing the Post Office has admitted that legal advice on the group litigation was ‘utterly incorrect’ but insisted that the government could not interfere in the process. Kelly Tolhurst, who was a Conservative junior minister for postal affairs from July 2018 to February 2020, was in post during the disastrous Bates litigation robustly …
In May, the Court of Appeal considered the issue of indemnity costs where allegations of dishonesty failed in Thakkar v Mican [2024] EWCA Civ 552. While the underlying case related to personal injury following a road traffic accident, it offers an opportunity to consider the risks of pleading fraud or dishonesty and in what circumstances …
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