It is your decision if you want to continue pre-existing contact arrangements during COVID-19. Picture: Getty Images Lee Bailham from the family law team at Leeds Day Solicitors explains what contact arrangements are available for separated parents and how they can help you make the best decision for your child. Q: What options do …
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Changes To Litigation Risk In A New Economic Environment – Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration -…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. COVID-19 has dramatically altered the litigation landscape. It is not only that new types of legal disputes are emerging. More fundamentally, the economic and strategic considerations affecting organizations’ litigation decisions are shifting. This article examines that shift, and explores …
Husband ‘strangled his wife, 28, because he didn’t want to pay for an expensive divorce’
A HUSBAND strangled his wife because he did not want to pay for a costly divorce, prosecutors allege. Joseph Elledge pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the presumed death of his Chinese wife, 28-year-old Mengqui Ji Elledge. 2 Joseph Elledge, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murderCredit: AP:Associated Press 2 Mengqui Ji Elledge’s body has …
Most SMEs expect Covid-19 to have a 'significant impact' in the next 3 months
Three quarters of small and mid-size firms expect Covid-19 to have a ‘significant impact’ for months to come – but green shoots of recovery are sprouting already Business sentiment plummeted 31 points during the quarter to 79 out of 200 A Simply Business report found that Covid-19 has cost SMEs a total of £69billion Recent …
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COVID-19: Saudi Arabia witnesses 30% increase in divorce cases
Abu Dhabi: The number of marriage contracts made across Saudi Arabia in February reached 13,000, an increase of 5 per cent over contracts made in the same month last year, and Saudi citizens accounted for the vast majority. In contrast, the number of divorce deeds for the same month was 7,482, according official statistics. During …
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Family lawyer predicts a surge in divorce applications once lockdown is lifted – Daily Mail
Talking through a day in her life, Claire says she sets her alarm at 5.45am – the same time as when she was travelling into London – starts her day with pilates, before putting together all the home schooling exercises for the day. After getting the boys up early for breakfast and settled for ‘school’ by 8.30am, …
What's happening with furlough? We explain what Sunak's new 'flexible furlough' …
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed how the £10billion-a-month furlough scheme will evolve in the coming months, how businesses will have to contribute more and when it will end. He has also announced more help for self-employed workers. We look at what the new ‘flexible furlough’ will mean for workers, businesses – and the taxpayer. Chancellor …
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Can you be made redundant while on furlough? Firms axe staff
There are serious concerns that companies across Britain are set to make staff redundant after putting them on the Government’s furlough scheme designed specifically to prevent mass job losses. When Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced last week the coronavirus job retention scheme was being extended until the end of October, and would not be altered until …
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Legal aid firms 'getting desperate' – Law Society
The government risks breaching its obligation to provide a criminal defence service unless it urgently comes to the rescue of struggling legal aid firms, the Law Society warned this afternoon. Without extra support on top of existing initiatives to help businesses survive Covid-19, the sector is facing collapse, Chancery Lane says. Writing for lawgazette.co.uk, president …
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Letter: Market traders’ woes highlight flaws in business grant scheme
Thousands of UK small businesses are missing out on business grants for two reasons (Report, May 18). Firstly, they operate in a shared premises such as a market hall, and secondly they are not the named business rates payer. Market traders — often the business owners themselves — have seen revenue drop to zero coupled …
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