Category: News

It used to be said that there was no such thing as bad publicity. I’m not so sure that that is as true as it used to be, but I bet a guy called Waymouth is certain that it’s definitely not true, or at least not for him. In case you haven’t read about him, […]

Walking home with my son one day some years ago, when he was quite young, I asked him (as I often did) what he’d done that day. He very proudly told me that he’d evolted.  Eventually we’d established that he meant he’d evolved, but still the word is used in our household even to this […]

A Judge’s word is final and you would hope so too otherwise what is the point in a final order? But what if circumstances change and your ‘final order’ is no longer fit for purpose? Let’s take divorce as an example, your final order states that spousal maintenance is to be paid to your ex […]

I’m sure that many people have a mistaken view of what legal work is like.  Probably many of them watch TV programs and Hollywood films where the hero bursts in to the court at the last minute with that all important missing document or key witness and blows the case wide open and the heroine […]

Struggling to agree on who is entitled to what following divorce but want to avoid contested divorce proceedings? It is often hard for divorcing couples to come to an agreement as to the division of their assets, even if they have separated on good terms and are trying to come to an agreement amicably. In […]

  The older I get, the more I find myself planning to the point of obsession. For example, I have discovered that if I spend the time in the shower deciding what I’m going to wear that day, I can save myself a couple of minutes of time standing in front of the wardrobe. This […]

As an avid visitor to a wide variety of restaurants (in a wide variety of countries) I’ve come to the decision that there is some kind of competition going on between them. There is clearly a prize for who can come up with the most obscure way of marking the men’s and ladies’ toilets. They […]

One of the downsides of having over 30 years knowledge and experience in law is that I often come across people who are very firmly of the view that they know what they are doing, and I have to politely explain to them that they are wrong.  Even worse is when I have to try […]

If you think of someone with a disability you may have a preconceived idea of what that means and what it looks like.  Many of us probably think of someone in a wheelchair or with an illness that is both serious and obvious. I was surprised to learn recently that being an alcoholic is not […]

There are lots of expressions I don’t understand. Like, “you want to have your cake and eat it”.  Well of COURSE I want to have my cake and eat it.  What on earth is the point of having cake that you cannot eat.  It’s not art. It’s food! Or how about “working mother” (or father […]