Proportion of married people in England and Wales falls below 50% for first time | Marriage

The proportion of people aged 16 or older in England and Wales who are married or in a civil partnership has fallen below 50% for the first time. The figure dropped to 49.4% in 2022, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This was down from 49.7% in 2021 and …

Norton Rose Fulbright’s 19th Annual Litigation Trends Survey: heightened risk around cybersecurity a…

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright’s 19th Annual Litigation Trends Survey, released today, finds that risks and evolving regulation around technology and cybersecurity dominate corporate counsel concerns heading into 2024, as cyberattacks and a patchwork of data privacy laws deepen litigation exposure. Forty percent of respondents said their exposure to cybersecurity and data protection disputes increased in …

Safeguards are needed against the abuse of private prosecutions, the Post Office scandal shows

Before the latest Post Office headlines swept across the country, I expect very few people were aware that the law allows any adult, or organisation, to bring a private prosecution. In light of the Horizon scandal, the next question must surely be: how do we guard against abuse? The Bar Council, representing almost 18,000 barristers …

10 Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship

Before becoming a life coach specializing in relationships and divorce, I served on the leadership team of a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to end domestic violence by educating people about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships. During this time, I learned so much about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, along …

Update law on computer evidence to avoid Horizon repeat, ministers urged | Post Office Horizon scand…

Ministers need to “immediately” update the law to acknowledge that computers are fallible or risk a repeat of the Horizon scandal, legal experts say. In English and Welsh law, computers are assumed to be “reliable” unless proven otherwise. But critics of this approach say this reverses the burden of proof normally applied in criminal cases. …