Tuesday August 30, 2011 at 9:50am
With all the focus on the Legal Services Act – the so called Tesco’s Law – which comes into force in October, little attention has been given to another potential innovation in the sector launched in the US recently and set to come to the UK shortly.
The snappily titled Rocket Lawyer, from the venture capital arm of Google, no less, is an “online legal document assembly service” aimed at allowing those involved in certain types of cases, including divorce, to ....
Thursday August 25, 2011 at 9:45am
In the charred and smoking aftermath of the worst riots this country has seen for (at least) a generation, Prime Minster David Cameron seems to have woken up to the fact that families could be at the heart of mending our “broken Britain”.
The Big Society idea first floated pre-election, and sounding good at the time has perhaps never seemed so far away, set against the backdrop of marauding packs of hooligans fighting pitched battle with the police, not in one deprived area u....
Monday August 22, 2011 at 10:00am
I have often said that use of the phrase “quickie divorce”, particularly in conjunction with celebrity splits, is misleading. There is no fast track. What I think the media are referring to are cases that are not contested so everything runs smoothly. In fact divorce takes the same amount of time for everyone (celebrities included) – roughly three to four months because certain time periods need to be observed. Or at least that was the case.
What we are seeing now is ....
Thursday August 18, 2011 at 10:00am
Making divorce resources available as widely as possible has always been something that Woolley & Co has strived to do. Our website is not only a shop window for our services in terms of informing people about what we do and giving transparent pricing, but also (we hope) a useful library of information. From articles to press releases to these blogs, providing information to help steer people through the divorce process is high on the list of priorities.
Over the past few years, ....
Monday August 15, 2011 at 10:00am
Mention “five-a-day” and it is likely the first thing that springs to mind is fruit and vegetables. It is the modern day campaign/tool used by the Government to encourage people to get their fill of vitamins by having five pieces of fruit or helpings of vegetables each day. However, there is another five-a-day that is said to be gaining ministerial support and it is more about effective parenting than just kids eating their greens.
Under the scheme, parents will be given a five....
Thursday August 11, 2011 at 10:00am
Family law is no joking matter. By its very nature, more often than not it deals with distressed families at a difficult time. But every now and then, a situation comes along where you have to see the funny side. In this instance, it is a judge in Canada highlighting the idiocy off a couple who simply will not reach a settlement.
Faced with a feuding couple who had “been marinating in a mutual hatred so intense as to surely amount to a personality disorder requiring treatment&rdq....
Monday August 8, 2011 at 9:30am
She was one of the original supermodels and famously uttered the oft-quoted line: “I don’t get out of bed for less than £10,000.” She still cuts a stunning figure with looks that many women would die for. But at 46, Linda Evangelista has gone down in my estimation this week. Considerably. I’m sure it won’t bother her but anyone who can still command vast sums for appearances and modelling does not need to argue in court that she needs £28,000 a month fro....
Thursday August 4, 2011 at 9:50am
I left the traditional law practice where I had been working as a partner, in 1996. Why? I wanted a different way of working. I wanted to pursue a new road that I thought would help a legal firm operate more effectively as we approached the 21st Century.
Fifteen years on and I think I have achieved a certain degree of success. The practice is doing well, it remains a model different from many other firms – perhaps my biggest surprise is that a greater number of others have not yet seen....
Monday August 1, 2011 at 9:30am
There are many occasions when you might think: “Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they?” Like when the manager of a football team which has just won 5-0 says: “We deserved to win”. Or when the chief executive of a car manufacturer says: “We make the best cars in the world.” They would say that.
I had the same feeling when I read comments last week that the English legal system is “superb”. Now, it is nice to get some praise for on....