Katie Price will reportedly sell her three wedding rings to raise enough cash for a quickie divorce from estranged husband Kieran Hayler. The former glamour model, 40, is allegedly desperate to end her marriage to Kieran but her ex is ‘refusing’ to pay for the legal bills. The mother-of-five will therefore resort to flogging her …
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Resolution calls for government to reform divorce law urgently
Home > News YouGov poll highlights public’s concerns about impact of divorce on children Resolution has urged the Government to reform divorce law as soon as possible, in order to protect the long-term interests of children of separating couples. The Government recently, and unexpectedly, announced a consultation on reform divorce law, with the Justice Secretary …
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PI firm collapsed owing more than £40m after row with insurers
Creditors owed money by collapsed north-west firm Roberts Jackson stand to lose millions of pounds in the final shake-up, it has been revealed. Administrators this week confirmed that the business, which was sold to Manchester firm AWH Legal in the autumn, has assets of £3.4m – around half of which is made up of money that …
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You Had Me at “I’m Sorry”: The Impact of Physicians’ Apologies on Medical Malpractice Litigation
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Physicians typically recall, with stunning clarity, the moment a patient’s treatment went wrong. Following an adverse event, physicians often are tormented by competing desires to apologize and instincts to forge ahead without acknowledgement. A patient’s decision to file a malpractice action may be triggered by the physician’s response to a problem …
Five Keys to Avoiding Litigation Malpractice
English philosopher and jurist, Jeremy Bentham, is credited as having said, “Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.” Sorry, Mr. Bentham, lawyers are, indeed, punished for their ignorance of the law and for every other conceivable error or oversight. Such “punishment” is administered in the form of legal …
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Divorce at 25: What’s it like when all your friends are just getting engaged but your marriage is ov…
(Picture: Liberty Antonia Sadler for Metro.co.uk) Scrolling through Facebook, you get that familiar feeling. It seems like every week, there’s another engagement or wedding filling up your social media feeds. But what’s it like if you’ve already been there, done that and got the ring – but then it’s all fallen apart? Going through divorce …
Report: Litigation Down But Regulatory Proceedings on the Rise
While litigation is down, companies are facing more regulatory proceedings and arbitration, according to the 2018 Litigation Trends Annual Survey of 365 in-house legal professionals of mostly U.S.-based global companies, published by Norton Rose Fulbright on Thursday. “This results this year provide some unexpected findings,” said Norton Rose Fulbright global head of litigation, Gerry Pecht, in …
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Legal Departments Are Insourcing More Litigation Work Than Ever Before
Relying on streamlined processes and legal technology, legal departments are insourcing more work than ever before, according to Exterro’s “2018 In-House Legal Benchmarking Report,” a survey of over 110 in-house legal or legal operations staff. Almost one-third, 29 percent, of survey respondents said they conducted at least 75 percent of their litigation and e-discovery …
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Woodsford Litigation Funding announces US$100m commitment from major shareholder, taking the capital…
LONDON, PHILADELPHIA, SINGAPORE, TEL-AVIV, BRISBANE– 19 November 2018, Woodsford Litigation Funding, the global provider of litigation finance for businesses, individuals and law firms, has today announced that the family office of Chairman, Yves Bonavero, has procured an increase in the family’s investment in Woodsford to US$100m to support the rapidly expanding business. “Over the last …