Commons committee highlights problems with current working of Child Maintenance Service

Home > News Fees may be deterring pursuit of child maintenance On 2 May 2017 the Commons Work and Pensions Committee published its report on the Child Maintenance Service.  The Committee has found that the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), introduced in 2012, has problems, “as with any new scheme”, that need to be addressed, and …

Cancer patient to stand against Jeremy Corbyn in protest against NHS litigation

She said: “If I sued, I would be taking away yet more money from the NHS, so making it more likely that a future patient would endure a similar ordeal. “This is the point Corbyn and Labour don’t get. “They say they are socialists, yet they’re doing nothing about a system which treats the NHS as if it were a manufacturer making faulty products, instead of …

Don’t leave decisions on courts; work to reduce government litigation: Law panel to recommend – Econ…

NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats will have to shed the ‘let the courts decide’ attitude and take decisions which help the government reduce its share of cases in courts, the Law Commission is set to recommend. The Commission met here on Friday to finalise the draft National Litigation Policy. The draft is likely to be submitted to …

Litigation Funders Turn to Big Data for an "Unfair Advantage"

London, United Kingdom, May 6, 2017 (Newswire.com) – Commercial litigation is an expensive, deeply unpredictable, resource-intensive and risky business, so much so that a significant number of companies and individuals shelve the idea of pursuing a claim before even investigating the options.  There is a solution to all of this, however. Third party litigation finance …

Court hits pause button on Clean Power Plan litigation

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2017 – The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has put a hold on litigation over the Clean Power Plan while it considers whether to send the matter back to the Environmental Protection Agency. The court granted the Trump administration’s motion to hold in abeyance the consolidated cases before it, which were the subject of …

Mel B Stephen Belafonte divorce: Ex reveals real reason for split – Daily Star

While allegations of infidelity and domestic abuse are the reason for Mel’s divorce from her husband of 10 years, Stephen Belafonte, the Spice Girl’s ex thinks there’s more to it. Mel’s ex-girlfriend Christa Parker thinks it was the death of her dad, Martin Brown, from cancer in March which caused their break up. The two …

Man takes dental firm to court over ‘joke shop teeth’ – Manchester Evening News

A man took a dental firm to court after he claims the veneers he paid nearly £300 for were like ‘joke shop teeth’. Sean Porter visited Instasmile in Leigh in July 2016 as he wanted a set of veneers to cover up a baby tooth. At the firm he got a 3D scan of his …

Said & Done: ‘I will sue to the high heavens … Court after court after court’ – The Guard…

Quote of the week Trinidad’s indicted Jack Warner – reacting to Concacaf suing him and his former Trump Tower neighbour Chuck Blazer for $20m by countersuing for $40m. Warner says his defamation case will end “the atrocities perpetrated against me by men of the lower ilk … The time has come. $40m it will be. …

Employees on Social Media: Avoiding Potential Litigation Traps

Social media can be many different things. For many millennials, it can be their primary source of communication with others in their hometown or across the world. For businesses, it can serve as an effective marketing tool, allowing for instant, widespread connections with customers. For some employers, however, social media can prove to be a …