Despite suggestions that Madonna’s dramatic fall at last week’s Brit Awards could have been a publicity stunt, it was clear to those in the vicinity that her tumble was an unintentional accident and quite unplanned. It’s a sign of her good health and flexibility that she was able to continue her performance but she did…
Following the terrible accident at Alton Towers Resort on Tuesday 2nd June, when a rollercoaster ride resulted in a crash into a stationary car, seriously injuring four passengers, it is clear that even in the best run entertainment centres health and safety disasters can still happen. While Alton Towers Resort investigates the cause of the…
The national news has been buzzing all weekend about the United Utilities problems in Lancashire, with over 200,000 homes affected by the parasite cryptosporidium in the water supplied by the company. As United Utilities stringently test whether the outbreak has spread any further along their processing facilities, customers have been warned to boil their tap…
David Watson Transport Ltd, a Norfolk based road transport company with six depots around the UK, has been fined £230,000 in a court case following the death of one of its employees, Keith Brookes from Milton Keynes, who fell from an unsecured ladder while unloading items from his lorry at the Herts Golf and Country…
DNA testing may have become standard practice on ITV’s notorious Jeremy Kyle Show, but in reality the cuts in funding for legal aid, which came into force in 2013, resulted in extended and often acrimonious court cases when parents could not afford to take DNA tests. The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service…
While it’s true that infidelity puts a great strain on any marriage or partnership, the Office of National Statistics has just released some interesting figures which show that financial problems or even long working hours are much more likely to be a ‘deal breaker’ in a relationship than by either partner having an affair. Although…
The Citizens Advice Bureau published a report about victims of domestic violence, showing that many are still struggling to get help and support despite successive governments’ assurances of their commitment to addressing this nationwide problem. The report is based on a survey of frontline CAB staff and although national data shows that approximately 13,000 people…
Yet another landmark court case hit the news this week when it was announced by five Supreme Court judges that the ex-wife of multi-millionaire green energy supremo Dale Vince is entitled to make a financial claim against her ex husband even though they divorced 20 years ago, before he had even started his hugely successful…
The concept of generous spousal maintenance in divorce cases was turned on its head when Appeal Court Judge Lord Justice Pitchford ruled in favour of a millionaire race horse surgeon, Ian Malcolm Wright, who won his case against giving his ex wife Tracey maintenance for life. Since their divorce 11 years ago, Mrs Wright had…
Last week the Supreme Court found that a financial application made by a former wife could be heard over 20 years after the original divorce. The case went before the Supreme Court on 11 March, where five Supreme Court Judges ruled unanimously that Ms Kathleen Wyatt’s financial claim against her former husband, Dale Vince, should…