Tuesday January 26, 2010 at 6:42pm
Yes, I know the law is full of stange old words and phrases. Don't blame me! If I don't use many of them I get into trouble at Court for being rude, they are so ingrained.
Let's look at one. My learned friend often shortened to M'learned friend. Note--as they take it very seriously--if is said "lurr ned" not "lurrnd"!
It actually means you are referring to a barrister, such as our specialist family law barrister Lisa Smith.
I got this wrong once in Court, not realising I ....
Thursday January 21, 2010 at 8:49pm
I read in The Times that politicians propose to require all divorcing couples to go to mediation. Madness. Mediation can be good, of course. We often use it at family-lawfirm.co.uk and recommend it in cases where it might help. But it can be "bad" if not well handled and these are some of the reasons:...forcing people to mediate is not a good start to mediation! ...most people divorcing are over 18 you know! They can make up their own minds and don't need a nanny state involved, t....
Wednesday January 20, 2010 at 3:39am
I have always thought that the words "quickie" and "divorce" are dangerous (dare I say?) bedfellows, given the British love of double meanings!
Whilst it is indeed the case, let's face it, that a quickie can certainly cause a divorce, is it really possible to obtain a quickie divorce we so often read about?
Andrew WoolleyDivorce Solicitor....
Monday January 18, 2010 at 6:41pm
Well, we have had divorce cakes now we have Debenhams reportedly starting a "divorce gift list".
What would you suggest as an ideal divorce gift?
Andrew WoolleyDivorce solicitor
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Saturday January 16, 2010 at 6:52pm
Someone sent me the below joke. I know of many English men married to foreign women. The most consistently happy, seem to be those married to Spanish women--why?
Three men married wives from different countries. The first man married a woman from China. He told her that she was to do their dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away. The second man married a woman from Italy. He gave his wife o....
Friday January 8, 2010 at 4:54pm
The Press has recently been asking for "no fault divorce" on the basis that to have it would reduce conflict and upset between people who want to get a divorce.
What rubbish!
The upset and conflict is there well before people go to lawyers, in my experience and is nothing to do with pieces of paper that have to be completed.
That said, I am actually for no fault divorce but on the basis of reality--if both want a divorce why should there be any block to them doing so?
Or maybe I'm....