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7 Tips for Dating After Divorce, According to a Dating Coach

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  © Getty 1. Take Your Time Being newly single affords you the freedom to start meeting new, exciting people. True. But what’s the rush? Make sure you’ve given yourself the time and space to truly appreciate this major life change before moving on to someone new.  “Every relationship, whether you’re married or not, takes time to heal from, regardless if ending it was your idea or not,” Gower tells us. “But marriage, of course, comes with this expectation of a life together and things you planned to do. So it takes a while to unravel all of that and […]

The High Court offers guidance regarding multi-party litigation

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A recent High Court decision has considered costs related issues in multi-party litigation. The judgment is a careful examination of claimants’ exposure to adverse costs as well as how adverse costs insurance intersects with requirements for posting security for costs. Re Ingenious Litigation In 2014, HMRC launched an investigation into film and video game investments promoted by the Ingenious Media Group leading to enforcement action. Over 500 investors in those schemes subsequently launched proceedings against Ingenious companies, the group chairman and certain banks and advisors, variously alleging negligence and fraudulent misrepresentation. The claims are being case managed together. Although no […]

11 Single Moms on What No One Tells You About Divorce After Kids

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evgenyatamanenkoGetty Images Divorce sucks. There’s no way around it. Even if you’re positive that it’s the right thing for you and for your family it’s still not the outcome anyone hoped for when you clutched a bouquet and swapped rings in front of all your friends, God, and the caterers. Even the friendliest divorce makes life more complicated for you, your kids, and their other parent—and too often divorce is the opposite of friendly. That said, for many women divorce is an optimistic act, an affirmation that they believe there’s a happier future waiting for them, if they hang in […]

ADR helps people get justice speedily

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Disputes arise in all organisations. Dealing with a dispute constructively can enable an organisation achieve its ultimate objectives, save on resources, avoid financial losses, and protect its reputation. In contrast, failing to effectively manage a dispute can negatively impact on the organisation damaging its internal and external relationships and morale. It is beneficial for an organisation to have an effective dispute resolution strategy to ensure that it consistently uses the most appropriate forms of dispute resolution.  The ultimate goal of such a strategy is to ensure that disputes are managed in a way that is in the best interests of […]

2 steps to take control of your money again after a divorce, according to a financial planner – Busi…

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Divorce is difficult both personally and financially, and rebuilding your financial life on your own can be difficult.  A financial planner suggests that anyone dealing with divorce take stock of what their financial life will look like post-divorce, and decide where they want to be.  Then, she suggests finding a financial planner to help achieve those goals with objective financial advice.  SmartAsset’s free tool can help find a financial planner near you » Divorce is expensive. Whether you’re paying spousal support, paying down debt, or dealing with the costs of a divorce itself, it’s not cheap. As Insider’s Erin McDowell […]

Why January is known as divorce month and what to do if you’re thinking of separating

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Although divorce rates have fallen to their lowest level since the 1970s, separation continues to spike after the festive season. Many attribute the stress and financial burden of trying to create the perfect Christmas as the reason why many married couples head for divorce in January. Divorce Day, which falls on the first Monday back at work after the Christmas period and this year is on January 6, is when many look into the legal separation process. Family lawyers and support organisations receiving more enquiries in the New Year than at any other time. There were 90,871 divorces in 2018, […]

Why You Should Mediate Your Divorce Instead of Litigating It

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Mediation is a process in which a neutral third party meets with you both, facilitating conversations to help you settle all issues in your divorce: custody, parenting time, child support, spousal support, property and debt division and taxes. The mediator helps you stay calm and rational and ensures that all topics necessary for divorce resolution are discussed. By mediating from the beginning of the case, preferably before either of you files in court, you avoid the delays, excessive legal bills, and trauma that result from the traditional adversarial court process. Most importantly, you protect your children from the turmoil of […]

Tips for surviving your deposition in employment-related litigation

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If you are a human resources professional, chances are that you will have the “opportunity” to be deposed in some form of litigation during your career. Depositions are where attorneys for the parties to the litigation get to ask questions of witnesses “on the record.” Testimony is then typed up in a nice, neat transcript that the attorneys use as part of the evidence to help them prevail in the litigation. This article contains some practical tips on how to conduct yourself if you are ever called upon to be deposed. 1. You Cannot Prepare Too Much The attorney for […]

Family court for separating parents: backstop or first base? – Family Law

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Let’s consider some of the issues that separating families who come to NFM find themselves having to face: Who gets the Bonzo, the family dog? Who takes little Jemima to her dental appointment? Who’s going to Jemima’s parents evening? Which set of grandparents sees Jemima on Christmas Day? I ask you to consider: are these ‘legal’ problems? I’m sure you will agree that in essence, they are not. But they have become perceived as such because separation and divorce is now framed as a ‘legal’ problem, or a series of them. I’d argue that separation and divorce arise in fact […]

Family courts need help on domestic abuse | Opinion – Law Gazette

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Allegations of domestic abuse are made in more than half the cases heard by the family courts of England and Wales, the president of the High Court family division said last week. Why are they so difficult to resolve?  The answer, as Sir Andrew McFarlane (pictured) explained, is that it is often one parent’s word against the other’s. If there is independent evidence, the courts may have to wait months for it. ‘We need to increase the ability of the court to get information from the police and from other agencies,’ McFarlane told me in an interview for Law in […]