Your work email signature block can be used to form a binding and legal contract, the Manchester County Court has ruled – costing an unfortunate land seller £25,000 from her hoped-for sale price. In a 2016 property dispute over a boat jetty and linked plot of land by Lake Windermere, one side’s solicitor sent a …
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Coping Support Is Needed for Children of Divorce, Particularly in High-Conflict Situations
A study of children of divorce has found that differences in children’s coping styles during the first three years after the divorce predict the degree to which they experience mood/anxiety problems (“internalising”) and behaviour problems such as delinquency (“externalising”) when these are measured six years later. On this basis, the researchers recommend that children …
Couple discover they can’t remarry as their divorce was never actually successful – Daily Mail
A couple who rekindled their romance after a decade a part discovered they couldn’t remarry because their divorce was never completed. Cindy Cassin, 57, from Erdington, Birmingham, restarted her relationship with former partner, Dave, 62, after nine years apart in 2015. The pair had applied for a divorce in 2006, but it wasn’t until they …
Sir Philip Green's Miss Selfridge slumps to £17.5m loss as sales plummet
Sir Philip Green’s Miss Selfridge slumps to £17.5m loss as sales plummet Sales fell by more than 15% to £102m in the year to September 2018 The firm took a £12.1m hit to get out of leases on loss-making stores By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00, 29 September 2019 | Updated: …
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Meet the 23 fintech startups ready to scale up
London startups dominate the list of 23 fintechs that have joined government-backed Tech Nation’s 2019 growth programme. Sixty per cent of the new cohort of financial technology firms hail from the capital, while 40 per cent boast at least one female co-founder, Tech Nation revealed today. Read more: Fintech is all the rage, but is …
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London tech startup Lifted secures £1.5m to ‘transform’ elderly care
The hungry 26-year-old who set up a £100m food firm
The Must-Have Qualities That Make an Extraordinary Entrepreneur
The unparalleled entertainment – and heartbreaking reality – of watching a court hearing – Spectator…
‘Barristers’ speeches vanish quicker than Chinese dinners, and even the greatest victory in court rarely survives longer than the next Sunday’s papers.’ So wrote John Mortimer in Rumpole of the Bailey. While no doubt true, a barrister delivering a well-honed speech is still something to behold. They are the last defenders of a rhetorical tradition …
Navigating Changes After Divorce
Let’s be real — divorce is TOUGH, and so is figuring out your and your family’s new life in the weeks and months that follow finalizing your split. And, there’s a case to be made for it being even tougher for those in the LGBTQIA+ community. Not only are you handling the sea change of …