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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
13 December 2019
Cryptoassets and divorcing a ‘Cryptoqueen’: Part l - Identification, valuation and preservation
In just ten years, cryptoassets have become a £100 billion industry. We now face the alarming prospect that millions of pounds can be hidden behind a few lines of computer code without ever touching a bank account. If your soon-to-be ex-partner has made a fortune with Bitcoin, how do you get a share?
5 December 2019
Les régimes matrimoniaux français : leur impact à large spectre pour les couples ayant des connexions franco-britanniques
Dans cette série de blogs, Colleen (Collaboratrice en droit de la famille et du divorce) et Joseph (Collaborateur Senior dans l’équipe de Clientèle Privée) abordent les différents aspects que vous devriez prendre en considération de point de vue familial et successoral quand vous décidez du choix du régime matrimonial (ou bien de la création d’un autre type de contrat), et notamment ce qui adviendra en cas de défaut de choix.
15 November 2019
The financial consequences of relying on sole domicile in your divorce petition
Any individual seeking a divorce in England and Wales must satisfy the court that it has the power to deal with the case on the basis of that individual or their spouse’s links to this country, but the manner in which they do this can, in some cases, have serious financial consequences. To establish the necessary links, the party seeking a divorce must rely on the technical legal concepts of habitual residence and domicile.
14 November 2019
Sex addiction and divorce
If you are coming to terms with you or your partner being a sex or porn addict, you may be wrestling with what your future looks like and considering separation or divorce. We advise people facing this decision every day. We can help connect you with the right specialists and, if you decide to separate, we will support you through the legal process and help you understand the role sex addiction might play. In this blog, Cady looks at what sex addiction is and the implications it may have on relationships, including divorce, finances and children.
12 November 2019
The great depositions debate
Last week, Jane Keir attended the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) National 2019 Annual Meeting in Chicago, where she spoke on “Discovery beyond our borders: gathering information in international cases” alongside Sarah M Boulby, Boulby Weinberg LLP from Toronto; Rachael Kelsey, SKO Family Law Specialists, from Edinburgh; Mia Reich-Sjogren from Gothenburg; and Alfonso Sepulveda from Mexico City. In the short time available, they touched upon a whole raft of procedural similarities and differences and ways of trying cases.. It is safe to say that top of the list of differences between England and Wales on the one hand, and the US on the other is the use, or not, of depositions.
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