A Silent Crisis You still wake up in the same bed, still do the household chores, still split the bills – but the romance is dead and the marriage is over. Not because you’ve had a change of heart, but because you simply can’t afford to do otherwise. Welcome to the world of “financial flatmates”, […]
Personal Injury: ‘your fault’ at work? 5 Questions Prove Them Wrong
Boss blaming you for your own accident? Don’t accept it. Ask these five questions and watch them backtrack. Let me tell you something I’ve learnt after two decades as a personal injury solicitor: when someone gets hurt at work, there’s almost always a scramble to shift the blame downwards. I’ve seen it hundreds of times. […]
Probate: The problem with the ‘simple estate’ myth
Margaret had always been organised. When her father died last spring, she was certain she could administer his estate herself. After all, he’d left a straightforward will, the house was in his sole name, and he had about £180,000 in a building society account. “It’s easy,” she told her brother over the phone. “Why should […]
The emergence of non-adversarial divorce in the UK
Beyond the Courtroom Picture the classic divorce: barristers in wigs, a severe-faced judge at the bench, two irate ex-partners sitting apart in court, their relationship turned into a legal battle with winners and losers. This adversarial view has dominated our understanding of how marriages are dissolved for decades. But here’s the reality that more couples are […]
North East Solicitors are Battling for Asbestos Victims
The North East of England is one of the great icons of British industry. The River Tyne to the River Wear, Teesside to the Northumberland coalfields, the region drove the Industrial Revolution, the canals and railways era, and the shipbuilding, steel, chemicals, power, and car manufacturing industries that came after. Wallsend and Jarrow built ships […]