Drug and Alcohol Testing in Family Cases
Often one parent will allege that the other parent has a drug or alcohol issue when a couple split up.Why? There can be a whole variety of reasons. Here we…
Discontinued Cannabis Prosecution was “Unnecessary and cruel”
6th January 2020Unnecessary and cruel" - how MS victim described cannabis prosecution.A married couple accused of illegally possessing and producing cannabis have walked free from court after the prosecution accepted…
SHARING NON-MATRIMONIAL ASSETS
I am often asked by a party in divorce proceedings whether property, valuable goods or an inheritance obtained by one party many years before they met their spouse, “non-marital property"…
Litigant in Person Claiming Costs
Given so many reductions in legal aid, that means that many people are preparing cases on their own and deciding only to instruct a direct access barrister for a final…
Drink Driving Procedure in Police Station
MGDDA and MGDDB DocumentsHow do you know if they have been incorrectly completed and so you may have a defence The MGDDA/B document has to be filled out in order, whilst …
Legal Costs in Divorce Proceedings
Costs orders in financial proceedings on divorceThe starting position in financial proceedings on divorce is that each party pays their own costs and that the Court will not make an…
Section 20 Assault and Section 18 Assault – Grievous Bodily Harm
Grievous bodily harm and wounding are covered in sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Sections 18 and 20 carry different maximum sentences, with section…
Thousands Of People ’Protected At Work’ After Landmark Tribunal Ruling
December 2019 - Thousands of workers now be protected against managers targeting people on ethnicity, gender, trade union membership or disability grounds says GMB Union. The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT)…
European court rejects Paul Lamb Right to Die Case
Right-to-die: December 2019 European court rejects Right to Die claim