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The perennial pantomime of 'Divorce D Day'?

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Date:5 JAN 2018
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Tony Roe
Collaborative lawyer & Family law arbitrator

'January 8 is being dubbed "Divorce Day" by lawyers because of the spike in couples considering ending their marriages after the festive period'. So says a quality broadsheet. Well, it really ought to know better. Come to that, so should the Press Association announcing a story: ‘"Divorce Day" looms with sharp post-festive rise in couples considering split'.

As much as a tradition as the appearance of the pantomime dame is the Divorce D Day story rolled out by the media every January.

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