Historically, in the jurisdiction of England and Wales, the Married Women’s Property Act 1870 provided that a woman owning jewellery provided by her husband remained his, because all he was doing was decorating his wife, akin to baubles on a Christmas tree…Such an Act of Parliament was thankfully short-lived and was repealed by the Married Women’s Property Act 1882.
We all have a sense of what is good and what is just, and what is justice. Even if we are wrongdoers, do we convince ourselves as sound rational thinkers, that we are still right and just in our actions, sufficient to convince a court of law?
Without a photographic image on the SRA website, or SRA ID cards, how do you know that your lawyers is really a lawyer, and a law firm is really a law firm?
Scruples 1: How do I say ‘no’ to my boss asking me to do something, I know is not right? You are fresh out of university. The boss asks you to backdate a signature which you know to be fraudulent and it will cause your employer a financial gain, but will destroy another business. What should you do? What will you do?
Scruples 1: How do I say ‘no’ to my boss asking me to do something, I know is not right? You are fresh out of university. The boss asks you to backdate a signature which you know to be fraudulent and it will cause your employer a financial gain, but will destroy another business. What should you do? What will you do?
When is a deal or agreement or settlement reached, full and final? A review of the case law.
‘…a man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes …
Advocates who take their time, say so much more. Read More »
Scruples 1: How do I say ‘no’ to my boss asking me to do something, I know is not right? You are fresh out of university. The boss asks you to backdate a signature which you know to be fraudulent and it will cause your employer a financial gain, but will destroy another business. What should you do? What will you do?
Scruples 1: How do I say ‘no’ to my boss asking me to do something, I know is not right? You are fresh out of university. The boss asks you to backdate a signature which you know to be fraudulent and it will cause your employer a financial gain, but will destroy another business. What should you do? What will you do?
‘Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise’. Dr Samuel Johnson Can proposals and a discussion about prenuptial agreements be uttered in the same sentence? Never let it be said that romance is dead…They don’t work. Not marriages: marriages do work, and by the way, prenuptial agreements also generally …
Valentine’s day, proposals, and prenuptial agreements? Read More »
