When shares of AMP Ltd. plunged earlier this year after the firm was engulfed in a fee-for-no-service scandal, the Australian wealth manager was hit within weeks by the first of five separate class action lawsuits. It wasn’t just the seriousness of the situation — which included an admission that AMP repeatedly misled regulators and charged …
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© Shutterstock Getting divorced is hard enough to deal with without the financial headache which often follows it. Many people find themselves struggling with unresolved debts and mortgage troubles when they go through divorce proceedings. So, what exactly happens to your mortgage when you get divorced and how can you ensure joint debts are repaid …
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— I am an extremely blessed woman. I have two beautiful children and a husband I am madly in love with. I travel, have a fulfilling entrepreneurial career and live in one of the greatest cities in the world… New York! That being said, my life certainly did not start off that way. From a …
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Nobody really likes the idea of divorce, but it’s unfortunately a reality that many people have to face. If you think this might be relevant for you or are concerned divorce might be happening for you, you need to get a good lawyer. Many people try and ignore the problem and work through it. If …
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“Every court in the land is open to every subject of the King” declared the Earl of Halsbury in the famous case that enshrined the open justice principle in British law. Another law lord endorsed Jeremy Bentham’s conclusion that “Publicity is the very soul of justice – it keeps the judge, while trying, under trial.” …
Image Credits: pixabay.com (CC0 Public Domain) Divorce – it happens to the best of us. Statistics show that in the UK there were 106,959 divorces of opposite-sex couples and 112 divorces of same-sex couples in 2016 alone. Although it is, of course, very sad to go your separate ways, it’s important to remember that your …
I remember hearing awhile back that alcohol addiction was the number one cause of divorce. I don’t know if that’s true, but if it is, I wouldn’t be surprised. Alcohol addiction and divorce go hand in hand if the addict doesn’t get help. Read this reader’s story: My husband and I are in our …
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Families fall out all the time. And in so many ways the position the Markle family finds itself in is just like family disputes that develop day-in, day-out across the land. Separating families in far more humble circumstances than the Markles face the same dilemmas. Take the case of a hard-pressed family in urban Britain …