Holidays
August 10, 2011
You’re back from holiday and it’s been good in parts but fraught in others. You and your spouse wanted to do different things, snapped at each other too much and didn’t rediscover the romance you’d hoped you might. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 23, 2010
road closed snowI have long advocated meticulous planning to ensure Christmas isn’t as stressful and fraught as it might otherwise be: this year, however, even the best-laid plans are likely to have flown out of the window as a result of the “big freeze” gripping the country. Read the rest of this entry »
August 27, 2010
As the holiday season draws to a close, I hope everyone has enjoyed some time with their families.
Sadly, I know from many years’ experience in the matrimonial law business that the much-anticipated summer vacation too often proves a bitter disappointment. So much so, it signals the beginning of the end of countless marriages. Read the rest of this entry »
November 7, 2008
The Clap (gonorrhoea), the Pox (so-called great pox or syphilis), non-specific urethritis (NSU), venereal diseases, (VD) & VD clinics are all historic terms for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which have been replaced with more current ones – Chlamydia, genito-urinary medicine (GUM), sexual health clinics (SHCs) and GUM clinics. Even STDs have, in the last decade, been superseded by the term sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Why all these changes? Is it purely to confuse Jo/e Public and blind him and her with scientific jargon? Do they have any relevance to divorce matters? The answer is complex, but based upon a number of issues. Read the rest of this entry »
October 9, 2008
When your marriage ends, it may be your most fervent wish never to clap eyes on your ex again. However, if you have children, there are bound to be occasions - school events, graduation ceremonies, weddings and so on - when the two of you will be in the same room together. Read the rest of this entry »
August 29, 2008
You may be reading this blog after returning from your annual summer holiday feeling more exhausted than before you went away. Not only exhausted; you may also be gravely worried that your marriage is falling apart. Read the rest of this entry »