Divorce is often avoided by most couples because they have serious concerns regarding social, emotional and economic fallout of splitting up. However, there are times when the situation becomes so uncontrollable that parting ways seem like the only option left. The reasons for divorce vary and sometimes turns up to be absolutely bizarre. iPleaders …
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How Brad Pitt’s second divorce proves men cannot change
Just days after announcing her split from Justin Theroux, the Internet broke out in a joyous frenzy overwhelmed by the possibility that Aniston and Pitt were now free to return to their rightful place by each other’s side. This news came amidst reports of George Clooney secretly acting out as a middle-man and pushing Brad …
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First virtual court case held using claimant's laptop camera
The first virtual court case has been held with a claimant appearing via a home laptop camera, while an extremely patient judge sat in a London tribunal and lawyers presented evidence from Belfast. There may have been echoing feedback, vocal distortion and a moment when the screen faded to black, but courtroom justice will never …
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Mum ‘threw four-year-old son off balcony then jumped to her death after losing custody battle’
A DEVASTATED mum threw her four-year-old son off a balcony then jumped to her death after losing a custody battle over him, it’s reported. The bodies of the 25-year-old woman, named as Anastasia, and her son Misha were found by horrified dad Andrey Yekimov, 33, outside his flat in St Petersburg, Russia. Central European News The woman, named as …
Struggling families are being disqualified from justice: Law Society
Home > News President calls for restoration of means test to its 2010 real-terms level Poverty-hit families are being denied vital legal help, the Law Society of England and Wales has revealed. Law Society president Joe Egan said: “No-one in modern society should have to choose between accessing the justice system and a minimum living …
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A world without divorce
I read with interest the other day the news that the government in the Philippines is moving closer to legalising divorce, after its lower house of Congress passed a bill that would allow it. There is still a long way to go though, as the bill must pass through the Senate, and even then it …
Are You Forfeiting Your Power In Your Divorce?
No one in their right mind would ever knowingly give up their ability to control their own future, would they? Surprisingly, when it comes to divorce, I see people doing exactly that every single day. Without even realizing it, you may be forfeiting your power in your divorce. Here are 7 ways: 1. Going …
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Hopes high for law that would legalise divorce in Philippines
Eight years after she left her husband, Melody Alan still gets nervous when she hears raised voices. Her former partner often shouted at her and turned violent when drunk. The 44-year-old mother of four boys said she endured the physical violence, psychological abuse and womanising of her husband — as well as his failure to …
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Disclosure and litigation privilege
Where Party A argues that he has a right to withhold inspection of a document (on grounds of litigation privilege), Party B may, pursuant to CPR 31.19(5), make an application to the court to decide whether Party A’s claim should be upheld. Can Party A withhold inspection of documents in circumstances where the right is …
Barrister blows whistle on 'broken legal system brought to its knees by cuts'
Courts that are like an A&E unit on a Saturday night, violent abusers walking free because evidence has gone missing, and lawyers doing hours of unpaid work to keep the system from collapse, are all part of a damning picture painted in a new book on the legal system by a barrister. According to the …
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