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One Reason For Divorce: I Love My Husband But I Don’t Like Him
There are many reasons people get divorced, but for the purpose of this article, let’s exclude the biggie deal breakers: cheating, addiction, or verbal and physical abuse. What happens when someone decides to get divorced because they have a lack of like? What do I mean by that? I’m talking about the person who says, …
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When Your Ex is Lying on Income and Expense Declaration
It’s a well-known fact that some people try to hide money during their divorce. They will sometimes transfer assets to family or friends, hide cash in safety deposit boxes or even set up offshore accounts, just to try and keep their ex from getting her a share of the marital assets. Lying on income and expense …
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Breakup advice: Understanding Your Broken Heart Could Be The Key To Healing
Being in my 50’s, it would be impossible for me to say I haven’t had my heart broken multiple times in my life. Of course when I got divorced it happened, but other men (and even a couple platonic female friends) have broken my heart. That’s why I feel I can offer solid breakup advice. …
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The Russian Sanctions Regime and UK Litigation
In this article by Robert Pollock-Hill, partner in Rosling King’s Dispute Resolution Group, we take a look at the judgment in the case of PJSC National Bank Trust & Anor and assess its implications. The Russian sanctions regime and its interpretation in the context of UK litigation, where the claimant is a designated person under …
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10 Pieces Of Really Bad After Divorce Advice
While I was going through my divorce and dating after divorce, I received all kinds of divorce advice. Some made sense, some didn’t seem to make sense, and some I didn’t agree with at all. In other words, I got some really bad divorce advice from some people. During the past several years, (the time …
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Advantage AI: The litigation game is changing
A guest post by Eimear McCann, on behalf of London International Disputes Week McCann: Manual ways of working are simply unsustainable Litigation, reputed for its fluctuating nature, has sometimes been viewed as a bit of an outlier in the legal tech world. The idea of a workspace, whereby legal teams, counsel, judges, and clients can …
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Roundtable: Using AI for disclosure in litigation
When asked what the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence (AI) for the disclosure process in litigation are, ChatGPT produced four positively-skewed and four negatively-skewed answers. While some of the points listed by ChatGPT were similar to those raised by the litigator attendees at a roundtable dinner hosted by The Lawyer in association with legal tech …
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‘Devastating’ toll of London’s court delays
Victims, witnesses and defendants are waiting years for justice as London’s courts are weighed down by a quarter of the national criminal case backlog, new figures reveal. The number of cases waiting to be heard has nearly doubled across England and Wales in the past four years, thanks to funding cutbacks, the pandemic and a …
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Law Commission to examine 50-year-old laws on finances after divorce – Family Law Week
The Law Commission of England and Wales has launched a review of the laws which determine how finances are divided among couples after divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership. Commissioned by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the new law reform project will consider the use of financial remedy orders: orders for financial provision …