Life can feel like suspended animation for those who separated prior to, or during, the Covid lockdowns, and have been caught up in a ‘separated under the one roof’ situation ever since. Money can be tight for those on furlough or reduced hours, and rental accommodation can be hard to come by, creating a strange…
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I’M NOT SIGNING THIS! WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PRE-NUP SEEMS LIKE A BAD DEAL
(This article is Part 3 in the series ‘Pre-Nups – The Death of Love?’ – parts 1 and 2 can be seen as earlier posts at http://www.danbottrell.com ) Well-drafted pre-nups (Financial Agreements) can be a useful tool to help separating couples avoid seeing the inside of a courtroom. They can specify, in advance of…
IS VALENTINE’S DAY A HEAP OF HOOEY?
When we find ourselves in Court, there is a lot of waiting time. And that means that there is a good chance to talk to our clients, not only about their case, but ‘life’ as well. This week I was in Court three times, for three different clients, and we got to talking while…
IS BEING ‘UNHAPPY’ REASON ENOUGH TO SEPARATE?
Regularly, a client I am meeting for the first time is walking around with the following scenario in their head – they have mentally checked-out of their relationship, and want to know whether to go ahead and separate. You might be in this very position. Your unhappiness has seen you think about ending your…
WHY CAN’T I SAY WHAT I REALLY THINK ABOUT MY SPOUSE IN COURT?
Final hearings in the Family Courts are often called ‘paper trials’ – they proceed on written statements of evidence called Affidavits, which are made (sworn or affirmed by a spouse as being true) and filed in advance of any hearing. The oral evidence from litigants in family law cases is therefore usually limited to…
WHEN BLUE SKIES TURN TO GREY – SURVIVING DIVORCE IN YOUR RETIREMENT YEARS
For many of us, we work through our careers with one eye on our retirement. What we will do when we finally say goodbye to the working week, and put our feet up. For some, we look forward to travelling the world. For others there are plans to take to caravans and become grey nomads….
THE UNIVERSE TAKES AWAY. AND THE UNIVERSE GIVES BACK – THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A FAMILY LAWYER
As I write this post, it’s not been an easy week. It was one of those weeks when it feels like everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. A lawyer friend once joked with me that being a lawyer is like riding a bike, except that the bike is on fire. My eyebrows were…