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Category Archives: Common Law

Common Personal Injuries

Personal injury claims arise for all sorts of reasons. Many are brought before the courts – or settled outside of them – following accidents in the workplace or on the road. Some involve serious, life-changing injuries, while others deal with temporary illness or harm. Though there are countless ways to cause physical harm, some injuries [...]

Compensation for Supermarket Shopper Following an Accident Claim

A man will receive compensation after a supermarket accident in which a heavy item fell onto his foot through faulty packaging.
The man was injured whilst shopping in the major supermarket when the accident took place. After choosing an item of flat packed furniture from a shelf display, the man attempted to lift the box from [...]

Guaranteed Compliance: Instant employment law expertise

It’s a common complaint these days that “health and safety has gone mad” or that employers are “tied in knots” by legislation and the threat of tribunals. It is undoubtedly a complicated and extremely important issue and one that can cause sleepless nights for anyone running an SME but there is help at hand. Services [...]

UK Government’s proposed cuts to legal aid criticised

Since coming to power, the Coalition Government has proposed a wide range of cuts to public services. Everything from the NHS to the fire service is facing the prospect of severely reduced budgets. The people on the frontline, such as doctors and police, as well as the people who benefit from these services, have expressed [...]

Why so many states are legalizing gambling?

There are currently 13 states that have legalized gambling and they have over 450 casinos between those states, and they bring in 72 billion dollars a year.
From this money states get extra money for road repair, schools and many other things that a state needs money to fix and maintain.
In the last 10 years there [...]

Want to Save Money? Support Legal Reform

What would you do with an extra $886 each year? Pay off your credit cards? Get braces for your child? Make an extra mortgage payment?
For anybody, $886 is a lot of money. But that is exactly how much you and every man, woman and child end up paying each year to cover the cost of [...]

Understanding Child Custody Laws

Child Custody Laws differ from state to state. You need to check with your state’s laws to get the most current information. When it comes to child custody Laws, there are a few states that have all the procedures laid out for the separating parents and there children. The judges must follow these guidelines to [...]

Types of Prepaid Legal Services

Over 100 million Americans are signed up for pre-paid legal services. Also
called legal insurance, these plans are similar to those provided by Health
Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and cover the legal needs of the member,
spouse and any dependent children.
In a prepaid legal service plan, the customer pays a fixed monthly
subscription fee of up to $25 for [...]

The Scope and Nature of the Criminal Law

In our private lives, the area of law we will experience the most, either directly or indirectly would have to be the criminal law. Not necessarily through contravening its principals, the individual citizen will more commonly encounter its breadth in the course of their everyday lives, considering as a factor the legal ramifications of [...]

The Progressive NJ Divorce Lawyer

As NJ divorce attorneys, we are trained to be advocates in the process known as “adversarial. Many of us self-selected into the legal profession partly because our underlying personality and temperament traits are geared toward advocacy. Similarly, lawyers “the good ones” are typically quite inquisitive. Their questioning techniques, however, often take on the tone of [...]