It is at times easy to be staggered by the impact of social media on the lives of men and women around the world. I’m not just talking about the continued decline in the letters which we sent that has considerable commercial costs for the likes of Royal Mail (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/881fcae6-0c7c-11ea-800a-ac7a27c0f5a9?shareToken=4634254882a1f1ec3f5134244f814df0). The ability to send short-form […]
Read moreI’d imagine that most people would imagine that trust is a fundamental element of any successful relationship. Nevertheless, there are many marriages in which trust takes on both an abstract, emotional and a very real, financial dimension. This time last week I was at a fascinating event in Helsinki which examined the various circumstances in […]
Read moreEven though some people might bristle at the thought, there can be little denying the impact of celebrity culture on society. Nevertheless, despite the fact that it seems to account for an increasing amount of space in both print and broadcast media, the lives of the rich and famous appear very different and distant to […]
Read moreIt’s now more than six months since plans to introduce the most substantial divorce reforms were set out in Parliament. The then Justice Secretary, David Gauke, introduced the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill in the House of Commons last June with a bold pronouncement that it would “make a genuine difference to many children and […]
Read moreWhen one thinks of various professions which have been impacted on by technology, law might not spring most readily to mind. However, on the whole, successive decades have seen the way that cases are managed across a whole breadth of legal disciplines made much simpler by the adoption of new, computer-powered systems. That’s not to […]
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