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Kenya Supreme Court rules against automatic equal division of wealth upon divorce

JURIST

The Kenyan Supreme Court ruled Friday that married couples are not automatically entitled to equal shares of matrimonial property in case of divorce. This precedential ruling stated that upon divorce each partner should exit their marriage with the wealth each of them acquired individually.

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Paralegal Life: Working For A Difficult Boss

Paralegal Bootcamp

We deal with deadlines, court rules, and client demands, adding to daily pressures to perform. I have worked with individuals who had spouses with terminal diseases, individuals going through a divorce, and even individuals who were getting pressure from their superiors. Outside factors can often have an effect on people.

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The Return of FCC Form 395B?  – The FCC Looks at Reviving Reports on the Race and Gender of Broadcast Employees

Broadcast Law Blog

The current proceeding tackles these issues, asking questions about whether the collection can be done in a way that complies with both the court rulings and the statutory requirement to gather industry-wide data on the make-up of the broadcast workforce.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

This model is typically used when the anticipated work is predictable, such as simple estate planning, uncontested divorce and personal bankruptcy. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Such a fee arrangement should be reduced to writing at the start of the representation for the benefit of both parties.

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A Bad Week for DoNotPay and Its Robot Lawyer, But It Should Not Reflect on Self-Help Legal Tech

LawSites

After all, the plan to send an unrepresented litigant into court wearing AirPods through which the litigant would receive instructions on what to say almost certainly would have violated court rules. Most courts ban electronic devices in courtrooms, and it would have been hard to overlook a litigant wearing AirPods.

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Finding of conversion and fraudulent concealment affirmed where brother signed sister’s name on check

Day on Torts

When defendant and his wife were later divorcing in 2019, the annuity came to light, and the wife informed plaintiff that she had seen a check that appeared to have been endorsed by someone else on her behalf. Based on the evidence, the Court affirmed the ruling that plaintiff “possessed a one-half ownership interest in the annuity funds.”.

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A bungled house sale, a bankrupt couple, and a statutory puzzle involving debts incurred through fraud

SCOTUSBlog

The bankruptcy court thought Kate’s situation should be different, because she lacked any “actual knowledge” of the deficiencies in the disclosure statement. Because Buckley’s claim did not involve money obtained by her fraud, the bankruptcy court ruled that Kate could discharge that claim.

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