Talking to Your Kids About Divorce
For many couples, telling their kids that they’re divorcing is the most difficult part of the process. You and your spouse are dealing with your own emotions and possibly antipathy towards each other, but you have to find a way to reassure your children that everything is going to be okay.
Family Court Tips During a Divorce
Most couples prefer to settle their divorce themselves, with the guidance of their divorce attorneys, and to stay out of court. However, sometimes there are issues that couples cannot resolve. In those cases, they need to present their case to a judge, who will decide the matter(s) at hand.
Should You Admit Fault After an Accident?
You’re involved in a car accident in a round-about. It all happens very quickly, and you feel like you’re at fault. You rarely use round-abouts, after all, so you must have done something wrong.The other driver comes up to your window and doesn’t even ask if you’re all right.
How Long Does a Felony Stay on Your Record?
You’re facing felony charges. It’s a day you never hoped would come, and it’s gotten you thinking about the future. If you’re convicted, how is it going to change the rest of your life? How long is that felony going to remain on your record?
Safety at Heart of Senate Debate Over Self-Driving Vehicles?
Before autonomous vehicles, commonly referred to as self-driving cars, can become a normal sight on our highways and streets, lawmakers have to be convinced of their safety. Some members of the U.S. Senate have not been convinced that the technology and regulations are in place to allow these vehicles on public roads.
What Are FISA Warrants?
There’s been a lot of media coverage recently regarding FISA warrants and the FISA Court. What are these, and why should they be of interest to Americans?The acronym FISA refers to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Are Doctors Always Obligated to Help?
You’ve heard that doctors and physicians have a duty of care that is owed to their patients. This means they must attempt to provide high-level medical care to those who have entrusted them to do so. It doesn’t mean they must always succeed, but it, at least, means they can’t be negligent and they should provide the care that a person can reasonably expect from a medical professional.
5 Things Not to Do During Your Divorce
You’re in the process of getting divorced. It’s taking a while, and you want to make sure you avoid any big mistakes during the case.That’s smart, and here are five things to start with. Don’t do them until the divorce gets finalized.
Safety and the Debate Over Self-Driving Vehicles
Before autonomous vehicles, commonly referred to as self-driving cars, can become a normal sight on our highways and streets, lawmakers have to be convinced of their safety. Some members of the U.S. Senate have not been convinced that the technology and regulations are in place to allow these vehicles on public roads.
FATAL ACCIDENT DAMAGES CONSIDERED: BLAKE -v- MAD MAX LIMITED
Zenith PI: PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION IN PRACTICE In Blake v Mad Max Ltd [2018] EWHC 2134 (QB) Peter Marquand (sitting as a High Court Judge) considered several disputed aspects of damages in a fatal claim. The judgment provides a useful guide to general damages in mesothelioma cases, it confirms the view that damages cannot be awarded for a “wake” and provides a useful guide to some issues that are often disputed. THE CASE Mr Blake died from mesothelioma at the age of 61. His widow brought an action. Liability was agreed, the judge had to decide a number of disputed issues relating to damages. DAMAGES FOR PAIN SUFFERING AND LOSS OF AMENITY The judge was presented with a number of cases. He concluded that the correct award was…
The Unjust “Sporting Theory Of Justice” In Federal Courts
Over a century ago, in 1906, law professor Roscoe Pound outlined “The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice” in a speech to the American Bar Association. After conceding “dissatisfaction with the administration of justice is as old as law,” Pound went on to perform a “diagnosis” of the “more than the normal amount of dissatisfaction with the present-day administration of justice in America.” One particularly “potent source of irritation” was “our American exaggerations of the common law contentious procedure,” which produced a bizarre, unjust, and “sporting” sense of justice: It grants new trials because by inability to procure a bill of exceptions a party has lost the chance to play another inning in the game of justice. It creates vested rights …