Good news for international defendants facing litigation in Spain – Three recent court decisions…

Since the enactment of the 1978 Spanish Constitution, the Spanish Constitutional Court has steadily protected service of claims on the defendants as part of the human right to a fair process. The peak of this protection was reached in Judgments 6/2019, 47/2019, 40/2020 and 50/2021, in which the Constitutional Court indicated that service of claims …

My research into divorce shows the pain it can cause

If January wasn’t already depressing enough, today – the first working Monday of the year – is “divorce day”. Having made it through the holidays, this is the day that legal professionals report receiving the highest number of enquiries from couples wanting to officially split. A tense festive period, not to mention Covid restrictions, will …

How is Commercial Litigation Different from Other Types of Litigation?

Commercial litigation involves almost any dispute arising from the modern business structure. It is commonly thought of as a specialized area of law. An attorney practicing commercial litigation may handle general cases or specialize in specific areas such as breach of contract claims, real estate issues, or partnership dissolution. Here we will discuss how commercial …

What history’s worst family feud teaches us about divorce law reforms

Meet the mad and murderous Dineley Gooderes The prize for history’s worst family feud is undoubtedly hard to judge. But the breakdown of the marriage between John Dineley Goodere and Mary Lawford in the eighteenth century and the subsequent demise of the Goodere Dineleys is surely in the running. The fateful tragedy started back in …

Commons Women and Equalities Committee calls for reforms to cohabitation law

Home > News A group of cross-party MPs is demanding reforms to laws which, they say, leave cohabiting couples with ‘inferior’ protections to those who have formally married or have obtained a civil partnership. With cohabitating couples representing the fastest growing family type in England and Wales, the Women and Equalities Committee’s new Report – …