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30
Nov 2022

Section: Family Law

NO FAULT DIVORCE

As part of our support for Resolution’s Good Divorce Week we thought now would be a good time to remind you of the important changes to divorce law which came into force earlier this year. On 6 April 2022 new divorce laws came into force introducing No Fault Divorce. Rather than having to use a…

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17
Nov 2022

Section: Dispute Resolution

WHAT’S IN A WORD?

At 8.46am on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre.  Just over a quarter of an hour later, at 9.03am, United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower.  Excluding the hijackers, 2,753 people lost their lives and many more were injured.  I remember where I…

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15
Nov 2022

Section: Wills & Probate

WHAT IS A SEVERANCE OF JOINT TENANCY, AND WHAT ARE THE USES IN WILL PREPARATION AND ESTATE PLANNING?

Where more than one person owns a property, it is possible to own the same as Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common. The difference between the two types of ownership are that, if you hold as Joint Tenants and one owner passes away, the property would automatically pass to the surviving Joint owners, regardless of…

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07
Nov 2022

Section: Dispute Resolution

LITIGATION RISK, PROSPECTS OF SUCCESS & THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

The uncertainty in the outcome to Court proceedings is referred to as litigation risk and arises from human unpredictability, the introduction of new evidence and the potential for varied judicial interpretation of the facts and law. A party, a witness, a lawyer or a judge may not act as anticipated.  Evidence that only becomes available…

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