So what will be new in family law for 2012? What trend will be “in” for the year

A huge amount of violent crime happens in the UK every year, from murder and manslaughter, to injury caused by dangerous driving and sexual assault. These facts are corroborated by the Home Office, which annually releases grim crime statistics that confirm the amount of offences that were reported, as well as how many criminals were convicted of them within a given year. Low level drunken brawls are by far the most common type of violent crime in the UK, despite newspapers seeming to focus predominantly on the more ‘shocking’ headline-worthy knife and gun crimes

“Let down by the system” is a phrase that family members might use when someone close to them dies or is in other ways adversely affected by the negligence of a healthcare provider in the UK. Medical negligence is a serious matter, and cases of medical negligence often have the dubious honour of being the subject of some of the more horrific headlines in the news each year. Despite Health Services having a duty to provide care for the sick and nurse patients back to good health, it is not uncommon for healthcare providers to make mistakes for any number of reasons

Is it me or do people seem to be paying much more attention to the party conferences than in previous years? It was the Liberal Democrats last week and the TV and (quality) newspaper coverage was robust, as a politician might say. I’m not sure my memory is entirely correct when I suggest that just a couple of years ago some of the conferences seemed to be conducted in a shed in Marlow with a “news in brief” item on p24 of the broadsheets the only glimmer of media interest.

It is interesting how the same issue can provoke two completely different views. Ask Murdoch and Brooks, or Cameron and Miliband for that matter

Could the Recession Lead to Credit Crunch Bogus Claims In a time where everyone is counting every penny and the recession (despite headlines claiming that it’s all over bar the shouting) continues to bite, some claims experts are worried that people facing spiralling debts and mounting bills may look for an easy way to make some quick money Many are warning that the recession could result in a large number of ‘bogus or unmeritorious’ personal injury claims being taken on by unscrupulous or unsuspecting claims management companies…

I think it is fair to say that over the course of your life you will go to a fair few weddings. Many, if not most, will be fantastic occasions for all the right reasons. Others will be a bit of a bore

When families are split apart by divorce – or simply relationship breakdown for unmarried couples – there is no question that younger children suffer more than anyone else. No matter how hard it is on the grown-ups involved, the children’s world will never be the same. Everything they have known will be blown apart.

Serving a life sentence since 2009, Oklahoma City prison resident Kassie Bills is about to get a new trial. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed her murder conviction on Wednesday, ruling that presiding Judge Ray Elliot improperly influenced jurors..

Reality star and so-called “Skinnygirl” Bethenny Frankel has been hit with a fat $100 million lawsuit by her former management agency, Raw Talent, a Los Angeles-based company. At the heart of the lawsuit is Frankel’s Skinnygirl Margarita line, which she…