General Chat

There are quite a lot of muslim people living in the Hebrides and even Shetland. They adhere pretty closely to the Scottish norms of hard work and friendliness so get on fine. Among those I know lack of Sharia law is seen as a bonus.

Faced with the need to keep the USA and the EU onside the Kingdom seems at last prepared to take back the keys from the wahabis. They might be even more prepared if they hadn't got a deal with Murder Inc (UK)

...not sure there's much Sharia law on the Hebrides......


but Hey! Ho!

Sharia law cannot be enforced, has no validity in any European jurisprudence except parts of FRYU. Some UK property contracts embody asects of Sharia law notably no alcohol to be consumed and mortgage arrangements. Most well known is Portcullis House.

Sharia law is frequently confused with Middle East and especially Arabic customary law. In fact the two are far apart. Women have little to fear from true Sharia but will never find it in places such as Bradford or Brick Lane, Bethnal Green.

Most of you will be aware that commercial contracts where the retail party had insufficient info or income are being struck down the latest case being BrightSolid. The law lords are cogitating on similar rules for marriage.

and for those of us who have no clue what a "Triple Talaq" is........

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/tripple-talaq-triple-divorce-170511160557346.html

Were I married and divorcing would i want my ex to lay claim to half my pension ( good luck with that!) ...probably not.

Would I want to see him living 'high on the hog' on a pension in the future if I had settled for less ( perhaps because my own pension if any, was compromised by taking time off to bring up the children/support his career etc) ?..... probably not.

A pre-nup is a good idea.... some form of legal agreement is always a good idea whenever money may be involved ( would that I had listened to that piece of advice myself lol).

"Well meaning brought me here"

The statute law says nothing specific about divorcing partners pension pots. The general principle is that assetts (inc pension pots) should be divided on the basis of equity NOT history and who paid how much for what.

For many years during which in most cases men's earnings and assetts greatly exceeded those of their partner AND the equity principle was not applied very much, if at all, women tended to be big losers in divorce whether or not they had children.

The current situation is that all assets have to be put in the pot with both sides being quite free to force disclosure. Of course some women find themselves caught by the modern ruling and there is then a great wailing and nashing of the teeth.

There is only one answer as has always been.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Or failing that before getting married get a decent lawyer and read up some basics on trusts and pre-nuptial contracts..

NB: It is no longer possible to get legal aid for most divorce and custody proceedings. The major exception is where there is violence towards the plaintif or children of the marriage.

As the law stands, if you divorce, then whatever pensions you have at that time, your husband/wife is entitled to half of the value. Even if you had a pension say when you started work at 18 and your other half never contributed a penny to that fund, if you divorce him, he is still entitled to half...how wrong is that?

Recently I have had to investigate that claim through lawyers and its true. So if your husband has no pension whats so ever, but you have, you will end up the loser as he stands only to gain half your private pension, which when deducted from the value of your house less fees etc means the settlement is a pittance for a life time of slog and hard work .

But the price of freedom and happiness is priceless I guess.

Florence
in the hebrides


Freedom I guess is priceless as is happiness but it doesn't pay to rehouse you :-( :-( :-( :-(