Old Blog Posts: August 2009

It is a long held view, certainly by men in general I think, that women are not as good as men at business and therefore at law. Why? I have no idea. Maybe obviously I wouldn't know as most of our lawyers are women. This is a list of our divorce lawyers at present and you will see what I mean. (I have to say that one more male divorce lawyer is joining us very soon, but then so is one more female divorce lawyer!) Many firms of solicitors employ a lot of female divorce solicitors but very....

Michael Winner, a friend of John Cleese, is reported to have said that if anybody marries Cleese's recent ex-wife they had "better have a prenuptial agreement". (Actually, with her divorce settlement it is she who needs a really good prenuptial agreement!) I expect this is based on the reports that she has obtained a massive financial settlement from him which obliges him to pay millions up front to her plus keep working sufficiently to pay her £600,000 per year until he is 72.....

Many of our clients, who come to us to get a divorce, often question what the attraction was for them towards their spouse in the first place. But I read (in the Telegraph no less!) that Amy Wolfe of Pennsylvania intends to marry a fairground ride manufactured by the Weber company. She will change her name to Weber after the ceremony. Apparently she was "instantly attracted to him sexually and mentally". She sleeps with "his" spare nuts and bolts to help her feel closer. I ....

Wrong.  To get a legal Islamic divorce if you are in the UK you need to go through a UK Court divorce. If not, you will be regarded in the UK as still married and thus committing an offence by remarrying. Of course, you will also need to have the divorce granted by the Islamic religion to be able to have a Muslim marriage again. Andrew Woolley and Shahzea TahirDivorce Solicitors....

I am re-reading Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. It has a lot of sense in it but one thing I'd missed before caught my eye. He says that he views "love" as a verb. Do it, just do it. Then the feeling will follow. He thinks this is especially useful in a relationship where one party says "I have just fallen out of love". Do feelings follow the actions? Andrew WoolleyDivorce Solicitor ....