Monday April 12, 2010 at 6:27pm
Divorce lawyers get used to hearing all sorts of reasons for divorce. They have included breaking wind too often, not mending the loo door, insisting that the family dog or cat shares the marital bed and (surely the most appalling of all) not douing the ironing.I understand that a Leicestershire man has recently pleaded guilty to having sex with a horse and a donkey, this is referred to in law as "buggery". I don't know what his wife makes of this but could it be grounds for divorce in....
Monday April 12, 2010 at 3:05pm
Do you talk to your spouse?
(I don't mean grunt, I mean talk!)
Well, if you are about to grumble about him or her bear this in mind from the Daily Express. It examines the findings of a survey which suggest that after 50 years of marriage most couples chat for just three minutes during dinner.
The paper contrasts this with young unmarried couples who, it says, spend an average of 50 minutes out of every 60 in conversation. What about, one wonders?
Is there nothing left to talk about af....
Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 8:56am
Wife : 'Do you want dinner?' Husband: 'Sure! What are my choices?' Wife: 'Yes or no.'
But who out of those 2 might be at the receiving end of an divorce on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour?!
Andrew WoolleyDivorce Solicitor....
Tuesday February 9, 2010 at 2:04pm
We hear some sad tales as divorce lawyers, I can tell you. But some clients find some of their own sadnesses funny with hindsight--good for them! It is one way of coping with divorce.
As a divorce lawyer, I hope these two things:
1. if you want to stay together, I wish you a wonderful Valentines Day!
2. if you want to get a divorce, I hope you find a way to do so as amicably as possible. We can help with that.
But, back to the lighter side of divorce. I see from the Fox 31 site that the....
Monday February 1, 2010 at 7:30pm
The divorce rate may be down, but it has recently shot up in the case of Swans. (If your name is Mr & Mrs Swan, don't worry, we refer to the webbed feet variety).
Swans normally mate for life and it is extremely rare for them to have a formal separation. "Until death us do part" is their normal approach.
The BBC reports that a pair has split up. It seems they came back from Russia both with new partners and although they are still in the same area of the lake, they seem to be ign....
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 ....
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....
Thursday November 12, 2009 at 9:27am
The Daily Mail reports that alongside sorting out the family home, splitting the goods and chattels, agreeing custody of the cat and access to the children there’s a new must do on the divorcees list – ordering the divorce cake! A US trend (apparently) the divorce cake comes along side the divorce parties and celebratory dinners. Apparently there’s already a cake shop in Edinburgh meeting the growing demand. As divorce lawyers we do hear about the occasional divorce party, some....
Monday October 26, 2009 at 9:33am
Couples in China's biggest provincial municipality were not allowed to divorce during celebrations of 60 years of Communist rule, the BBC reports. Weddings were allowed in Chongqing during the eight-day holiday at the end of September though, and marriage registration centres were swamped with couples wanting to tie the knot. Zhang Li, an officer from the registration office in Dadukou district, said the National Day holiday period was popular with people wanting to wed. She said staff members f....