Katherine Illsley

This Q&A looks at whether a right the enfranchisement options and issues when extending the lease of a residential flat, the building of which also comprises a commercial shop on the ground floor.

This Q&A looks at the documents to be included in the court bundle in enforcement proceedings in relation to a child arrangements order.

This Q&A looks at service of a notice under section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1925 on trustees.

This Q&A examines whether a father and 16 year old child can travel abroad together where the mother does not consent and there is no child arrangements order or specific issue order in place.

This Q&A considers the circumstances in which a copy of an order made in private children proceedings may be disclosed to an alcohol support service.

This Q&A considers potential enforcement options in relation to a child arrangements order that includes handover conditions.

This Q&A considers the length of notice to be given where a child arrangements order is in place and the non-resident parent wishes to change a particular day that they see the child.

This Q&A looks at the courts' powers under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 to make an order for an outright transfer of property to meet the needs of a disabled child in adulthood.

This Q&A looks at designated local authorities in public law children proceedings and whether a parent with parental responsibility can object to a child who is the subject of a full care order being moved to a different local authority area.

This Q&A considers whether a local authority may change the name of a child who is the subject of a final care order.

This Q&A considers whether a party, who seeks to assert a beneficial interest in a property (the property) owned by their ex-partner with whom they cohabited, can register a restriction or notice with the Land Registry against the property pending a claim under TOLATA 1996.

This Q&A considers the validity of an Islamic marriage under English law and, if the Islamic marriage is not recognised, whether a petition for divorce should give the date of the Islamic ceremony or the civil ceremony as the start of the marriage.

This Q&A considers what losses can be recovered for a late completion under a contract of sale and purchase of a property.

This Q&A looks at the circumstances in which a respondent in divorce proceedings can issue a petition.

This Q&A considers whether permission from the court is required to serve a petition in circumstances in which a divorce petition was issued 13 years ago and the respondent failed to file an acknowledgment of service. This Q&A also considers whether a new petition will be treated as a cross petition.

This Q&A considers the court's jurisdiction where a father makes an application for parental responsibility in England and Wales, over a child that spends an equal amount of time in both Poland and the UK.

This Q&A considers the circumstances in which a court is likely to set aside a final order made within financial remedy proceedings. In particular, it considers whether the disclosure that the children of the family are not the biological children of the husband would be sufficient reason for the court to set aside a final order.

This Q&A considers potential remedies where an order for sale has been omitted from a financial consent order, and the options available where one party is not co-operative in relation to a sale of property.

This Q&A considers whether a party can seek a maintenance calculation from the CMS in relation to a ‘child’ of 18 or 19 once 12 months have passed following the making of a financial remedy order by consent providing for child maintenance up until the conclusion of tertiary education.

This Q&A considers whether an order under ChA 1989, s 34(4) is required to authorise a local authority to propose indirect contact concerning a looked after child.