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Children of divorced parents are more likely to smoke

Mar

2013

Children of divorced parents are more likely to smoke, according to a study produced by the University of Toronto. The odds of taking up smoking are 48 per cent greater for boys and 39 per cent greater for girls of divorced parents than for those where the parents have managed to stay together, according to ...

Bogus Solicitor jailed for forging divorces 1

May

2012

Khuram Shazad Ali, 33, of Bradford, West Yorks, also deceived clients out of money after setting up his firm, KSA Law Partners. Operating between September 2005 and August 2007, he even tried to help clients to divorce their wives without them knowing. But he was rumbled when a judge noticed similarities in many different divorce ...

Man jailed for forging divorce in Bradford 1

Apr

2012

A man masquerading as a divorce solicitor ran a scam in Bradford offering fed-up husbands divorces behind their wives’ backs, a Crown Court judge was told. A 57-year-old man, who attempted to divorce his wife without her knowledge, appeared in the dock yesterday to admit a charge of perverting the course of justice. Bashir Ahmed, ...

Solicitors rip off their clients apparently – the care and control scandal laid bare

Oct

2011

Baroness Shackleton, Britain’s highest-profile divorce lawyer, has increased the bills of celebrity clients beyond the time she recorded having spent on their cases, The Daily Telegraph disclosed yesterday. Apparently Shackleton added upto 50% onto the bills of her celebrity clients in what is called markup or a care and control element. This practice is quite ...

Why Divorce Online is better than Do- It -Yourself

Feb

2011

Would you pay £450 +vat for someone to simply deal with your divorce papers? That is to take your instructions, draft your papers and then file them at court for you and nothing else. That is what most Solicitors are charging for dealing with an undefended divorce these days. When I challenged one (un named) Solicitor ...

Legal aid cuts and diy divorce..what is the problem? 3

Feb

2011

I am going to be appearing on the Radio 4 consumer affairs programme, “You and Yours” tomorrow to discuss the worries of a Solicitor who is saying that the cuts to legal aid are going to drive consumers into the arms of diy divorce websites and that this in itself is going to be very ...

Leeds law clerk ‘took £1,500′ from her employers 1

Sep

2010

A legal clerk who pocketed £1,500 given to her in fees by a client’s father has been barred from the profession. Sheila Davenport, 42, also tried to poach business for her new firm when she was off sick from her original employer, a hearing heard. Davenport had been working for Kaufman and Co, first at ...

What to do about Will Writers?

Aug

2010

Having watched the programme about Will Writers last night on Panorama and having looked at the industry in some detail my personal view is that some measure of regulation is required to ensure that will writers have insurance and rules about transparency in marketing. I do not believe that Solicitors should have the right to ...

Solicitor sues his own firm for neglegence in his divorce 3

Apr

2010

A solicitor is suing his own firm for negligence and damages in the region of £300,000 in connection with advice he received concerning his divorce. Andrew Grove is suing Andrew Grove & Co, of which he is a partner, in the High Court. Grove is also suing his barrister, Bernard Limbrey of Three Dr Johnson’s Buildings. The divorce ...

quickie-divorce.com complaints – named and shamed again 14

Mar

2010

It seems our welsh friends at quickie-divorce.com and managed-divorce.com have been named and shamed again for not providing a service to their customers and have been reported to the infamous Solicitors from Hell website. Quote from disgruntled customer I paid the fee for a quick divorce being told by them it was a straightforward speedy ...