Law and Legal Update

By the celebration of Christmas, a law firm in London, England, offers a gift ‘must have’ for couples who feel unhappy with her marriage. Law firm Lloyd Platt & Company, giving vouchers divorce for couples who want a divorce.

With these vouchers, the couple can get a consultation session with lawyers about the divorce during a half or one hour. This voucher valued around 125 pounds plus tax. This price is much cheaper than the average cost of divorce in general consultation.

Lloyd Platt & Co. claim since the voucher offer, they have managed to sell 54 vouchers only in 3 weeks and get hundreds of requests. The purchaser of this voucher is made up of husbands, wives, and secret wives. In fact, vouchers are also bought by people who want to give advice to friends and family who are in trouble with his marriage. Read the rest of this entry »

A law firm in Scotland became the first in the country to offer its clients legal representation ‘conventional’ together with the Syariah legal counsel.

Hamilton Burns, based in the south of Glasgow, has collaborated with a leading Muslim scholar who will provide advice to clients on the Islamic aspects of a case of civil law, while lawyers give advice according to Scottish law.
However, critics and opponents have accused the Syariah legal system as discriminatory and sexist, as well as an extension of the law which allows cutting the hands of fundamentalists in countries like Saudi Arabia.

Niall Mickel, attorney advocate civil law specialist and partner at Hamilton Burns, said, “We hope that by combining the jurisprudence of Syariah family with a background of domestic legislation in Scotland, we can give our clients as much relevant information to help them make the right decision. ” Read the rest of this entry »