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Costs: Scrutinising litigation disbursements
Regrettably, clients sometimes receive a bill from their law firm which does not seem quite right. Supported by a comprehensive narrative of dates and time spent, everything appears to add up. Yet the overall substance feels distinctly opaque. Costs may be lurking somewhere beneath the detail, though what they relate to is unclear. They may …
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Being Friends With Your Ex: Is It Possible And How Do You Get There?
Most people I know who are first getting divorced can’t stand their ex-husbands and/or ex-wives. They either have this deep hatred for the person, or they roll their eyes at the mention of his or her name, or they just feel pity for the person. It makes sense if you think about it because at …
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Resolving Business Disputes Commercially and Efficiently –
In today’s climate, most businesses aren’t looking for drawn-out legal battles; they want pragmatic, commercially minded advice that gets results. Whether you’re dealing with a shareholder or directors’ dispute, a construction issue, or a commercial contract problem, the approach you take early on can shape the entire outcome. For us, it always starts with a …
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Am I Happier After Divorce? 9 Things I Learned
Am I happier after divorce? I’d say yes. I think most divorced people would say yes. Maybe not right after the divorce, and definitely not during divorce, but as time goes by, I think we all end up happier after divorce—whether we wanted the divorce or not. So I’m happier after divorce. Fine. But …
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The benefits of improving women’s health in the workplace
How Civil Litigation Helped Build Safer Workplaces—and Why It Still Matters
The struggle for workers’ rights has never followed a straight or easy path. From the factories of the Industrial Revolution to modern workplaces grappling with toxic exposure and latent disease, progress usually only comes after harm has already occurred. At the most critical moments in this struggle, civil litigation has played a vital role – …
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A Divorce Attorney’s Words of Encouragement for Someone Going Through a Divorce
Going through a divorce is probably one of the hardest–if not the hardest thing you will face in your life. It’s painful and stressful and can feel hopeless, at times. But want the good news? In my 30+ years of being a divorce attorney, I have watched so many clients go from a place of …
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Government urged to reform ‘growth killer’ business rates
Monday 27 April 2026 12:01 am | Updated: Sunday 26 April 2026 4:12 pm Britain’s largest industry body has called on the government to urgently reform business rates, which it says is a “growth killer”. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said the government should keep its manifesto pledge to reform the business rates system …
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London is becoming the home of climate litigation
The British high court is currently preparing to hear a case that will be conducted in accordance with Filipino law. While this may seem strange, increasingly disasters in far off lands are being litigated in British courts – and because of an obscure inherited piece of EU law, Rome II, the law of the country where …
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