Think You Might be Heading for Divorce? Get a Lawyer Quickly

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 …

Put cameras in British courtrooms, and make justice truly transparent | Geoffrey Robertson

“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.” …

How to Protect Your Assets in a Divorce

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 …

Alcohol Addiction And Divorce Often Go Hand In Hand

 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 …

Mediation Matters: In royal circles and elsewhere, settling family disputes demands an open-minded f…

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 …

This is the bizarre reason why Meghan Markle and Prince Harry won’t have full custody of their own c…

IF Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decide to have kids, you might be interested to learn that they won’t actually have full custody of them. According to a royal expert, the Royal Family have an unusual agreement with the Queen, 92, that she actually has full legal custody over all minor royals. AFP or licensors …

Divorce, women and wealth: 3 steps to safeguard your financial future

A decision has been made. It’s the word all married couples dread — divorce. For women, few issues are more critical to surviving divorce than establishing financial security. The majority of female newlyweds believe divorce will never happen to them, but when it does, many are unprepared for the financial fallout and hard-hitting lifestyle adjustments …

What happens to your crypto in divorce or death?

Despite technology moving ahead of legislation, ordinary estate rules apply. Remarkably, since the introduction of cryptocurrency in 2009, the South African Revenue Service only as recently as April 2018 released a statement in which it noted its interpretation of cryptocurrency as an “asset of intangible nature” which is to be treated as gross income or …

Cuts to legal aid and courts make a mockery of equal access to justice | Letters

As the chair of the commission referred to in your editorial on the appalling effects of legal aid cuts (Cuts have tipped the scales of justice. Ministers must rebalance them, 13 August), I welcome your succinct summary of the problems facing those with legal problems who are no longer able to obtain legal advice or representation …