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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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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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India court holds marital rape constitutes sufficient grounds for divorce

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Kerala High Court ruled Friday that although marital rape is not a criminal offence in India, it constitutes a “good ground” for divorce. This case represents an appeal by a woman’s husband against the decision of a family court which allowed the wife’s petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty.

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International Jurisdiction between Nationality and Domicile in Tunisian Private International Law – Has the Perennial Debate Finally been Resolved?

Conflict of Laws

36665 of 15 June 2023 ), signed by 62 judges of the Supreme Court (including the Chief Justice (President of the Court), 21 Presidents of Chambers and 40 other judges as counsellors). Dissatisfied, Y appealed to the Court of Appeal of Sousse. The court ruled as follows (only relevant parts are reproduced here.

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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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August 2023 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded in the Case List.) 786), the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize a German court’s bankruptcy ruling based on the principle of reciprocity. To date, we have collected 98 cases involving China and 25 foreign States and regions. 99 Trade Co.

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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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