Steven P. Sona ESQ

In an attempt to settle a civil action, the parties involved can enter into mediation or arbitration (or the courts may order them to engage in one of the two). While both are designed to settle the suit, they are different processes.

The simplest and most convincing reasons to write a will is that your assets will only go where you want them to with a will. This is often an issue when an ex-spouse is involved. A civil lawyer can help you to write up and then update your will, so there will be no confusion.

Did you know that civil cases do have some constitutional protections in place? For instance, the involved parties must file and receive the consent of the court in order to begin the discovery process, and can only investigate those areas allowed by the court.

The laws of Aethelbert, the earliest documented English civil and criminal laws, are important for many reasons. They provide rare insights into legal standards of the period (590-616), and they were the first laws recorded in the common language rather than Latin.