A court has refused to return an abducted child to his mother even though he was taken illegally by his father. The court accepted that it was against the boy’s interests to be sent back to his mother and that he had made it clear that he did not want to live with her because of her lifestyle problems. The case involved a couple who had married in England and …Read More
Charities benefit as woman’s second will declared invalid
A woman’s second will in which she declared that she wanted to leave most of her estate to a close friend has been declared invalid because it wasn’t properly executed. It means that a number of charities will now inherit even though it’s unlikely that she wanted her money to pass to them. The case involved a woman who first made a will in 1982 in which most of her …Read More
Some of the main changes to employment law in 2015
There were several important developments in employment law in 2015. These are some of the most significant. Travel time can be ‘work time’ The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that if employees don’t have a fixed place of work then the time they spend travelling from home to their first job of the day should be classed as work time. The same principle applies to the time spent travelling …Read More
The Changing Face of Divorce – ’till retirement do us part?
You may be surprised to find out that whilst the divorce rate in England & Wales is declining, the number of divorces for the over 60s is on the rise. A further unexpected statistic* is that in the population as a whole, 34% of divorces are granted to men, whereas in the over 60s this rises to 50%.
Fraud and Prevention
Type in ‘email fraud’ into the pre-eminent search engine Google and then press enter. Recently on a laptop in UK Google returned ‘About 211,000,000’ results in 0.43 seconds. Two hundred and eleven million results in less than one minute. Internet users have come to expect rapid results and to rely upon and trust the information returned.
Vivaldi and Piazzolla | Four Seasons | 15 Nov 2015
The Orchestra of St John’s will perform an exquisite juxtaposition of the work of Italian Antonio Vivaldi one of the leading composers and a virtuoso violinist of the Baroque era and Argentinian born Astor Piazzolla a bandoneon virtuoso and master Tango composer.
In Divorce does “ Fraud unravel all ”?
14 October 2015. The Supreme Court considered the 2 connected cases of Sharland v Sharland and Gohil v Gohil and the impact of fraud upon divorce proceedings.
Paint Fleet Pink Week 10 – 17 October 2015
What is Paint Fleet Pink Week? October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Paint Fleet Pink Week takes place from Saturday 10th – 17th October to raise money for the Frimley Park Hospital Breast Care Appeal www.fphcharity.org/bca.
Orchestra of St Johns | Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons
The Orchestra of St. Johns with its conductor John Lubbock and Jan Schmolck, solo violin, will perform Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons at the Victoria Hall, Hartley Wintney As well as performances at the Royal Opera House, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Snape Maltings Snape and Blackheath Halls Blackheath the Orchestra of St John’s provide more than fifty musical events each year for children with autism and for adults with dementia.
Lords and Ladies and Wacky Races
When is a pram not a pram? Answer when it is a Wheelchair, a wheelbarrow or even a scooter. As long as it has at least 3 wheels on 2 axles, or in the case of wheelbarrows 1 wheel and 2 skids, carries a passenger and can be manually propelled the ‘pram’ and team can enter the Hartley Wintney Pram Race 2015