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Divorce costs criticised by legal Ombudsman

Feb

2013

A report by the Legal Ombudsman released today has criticised some divorce Solicitors for charging excessive fees and not being transparent with clients on their divorce costs. The report highlights some dramatic cases where clients have not received cost estimates or have been overcharged and the Ombudsman has highlighted the problem of the hourly rate ...

Woman under divorce house arrest wins right to move

Jun

2012

A woman embroiled in a divorce fight is celebrating after overturning a court ban which prevented her from moving house. The woman, who has two children, was ordered to live at a specified address nearly two years ago by a district judge overseeing divorce proceedings. But a High Court judge lifted the restriction after ruling ...

Get a will after your divorce

Mar

2012

It is highly recommended that after Divorce you make a new Will, to ensure that following your change in circumstances, your precise wishes are correctly recorded. Each year, two thirds of all UK citizens who pass away do not have a valid Will, which increases the risk of their assets passing to an unintended recipient, ...

Facebook can be used to serve court documents

Feb

2012

Legal authorities say a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims. Lawyers in a commercial dispute were last week granted permission to serve a suit against a defendant via the popular social networking site. Justice Nigel Teare permitted the unconventional method of service during a pretrial hearing ...

Quickie-Divorce.Com Group have had over 500 Trading Standards Complaints

Aug

2011

We have received information that Fields Group Limited the company that runs both quickie divorce.com and managed-divorce.com from their offices in Pencoed, Wales, have been responsible for 571 complaints to Bridgend Trading Standards Department since January 1st 2006 following a Freedom of information request. That is a massive 571 more complaints than Divorce-Online have received ...

Fewer couples can afford to divorce in 2011

Jul

2011

Fewer couples are divorcing than at any time since 1974 because they can’t afford to according to an internet dating site for married people. Divorce fees and the difficult housing market mean couples are being forced to live together despite ending their relationship. The number of divorces granted in England and Wales rose in most ...

Why you should not pay £1500 + vat for your divorce 3

May

2011

Whilst searching for divorce related news and comment this morning, I came accross a blog by a London lawyer telling their readers why you should not use an online divorce service to obtain an uncontested divorce. The blog post was intended to frighten readers into paying what is a huge amount of money for ...

Canadian lottery divorce case takes another twist 1

May

2011

The divorce case that pitted a $30-million lottery winner against his love-struck former exotic dancer ex-wife has taken another twist — and placed a London lawyer in a nearly impossible legal pickle. When we last tuned into the saga of Raymond Sobeski and Nynna Ionson two years ago, the couple had settled their divorce and ...

Half of UK Kids will see their parents split

Apr

2011

Almost half of all children in the United Kingdom will see their parents–whether married or unmarried–split by their 16th birthdays, according to a new study released last week by the Centre for Social Justice. This has been reported in the Huffington Post divorce section and rather than regurgitate it here you can find the full ...

Valuing a home for a divorce is never easy 1

Apr

2010

Image via CrunchBase Valuing a property when getting a divorce can often be a fraught process. Usually the lawyers will want three independent valuations from local estate agents who know the area and the market. They can be better placed than a formal surveyor to give a realistic selling price for a property as they ...