Chris Bryden

This Q&A relates to the variation of nil rate band will trusts and the implications of a second variation.

This Q&A considers when a landlord can request more money for a deposit where an assured shorthold tenancy has become a periodic tenancy.

This Q&A considers whether a landowner with an interim possession order can enter into a consent order with the trespassers, granting the owner a final order for possession.

This Q&A looks at whether a site provider can oppose on redevelopment grounds an operator's application for a new electronic communications code agreement following a paragraph 33 notice, where the site provider has not served its own notice under paragraph 31.

This Q&A considers whether an owner of a property who creates a trust in respect of that property of which they are a beneficiary, can include that beneficial interest in a financial assessment for care home fees in Wales.

This Q&A considers the form used to commence proceedings involving a number of children in the same family.

This Q&A considers whether documents disclosed to a claimant employee as part of a tribunal claim (in accordance with the respondent employer's duty of disclosure) would need to be provided again in response to a data subject access request.

This Q&A considers forestry dedication covenants and how they are terminated.

This Q & A considers the circumstances when an asylum seeking individual has been assessed as an adult by one local authority but is living the in area of another, who has the responsibility to refer to Asylum Services.

This Q&A considers the actions one party can take if they want to get divorced but their spouse lacks capacity and there is no one willing to act as a litigation friend.

This Q&A considers the actions available to a spouse whose entry to the matrimonial home has been barred by the changing of locks.

This Q & A considers whether owners of land who placed fencing on a public footpath, therefore causing footpath users to divert from the footpath onto a carriageway, constitutes an obstruction to the highway. It considers what remedies are available in the Highways Act 1980 to rectify the issue.

This Q&A considers whether, if someone is a 50% shareholder of a company, would the Company’s bank statements fall within their custody, possession and control for the purposes of disclosure in relation to a dispute to which the Company is not a party.

This Q&A considers whether, if the court has advised that proceedings are being transferred from the High Court to a County Court (Business and Property Court) and a new case number will be assigned, what happens to the Claim form that was initially filed with the High Court. It also considers whether a new claim form will be issued by the County Court with a new case number or if the original sealed Claim form (from the High Court) can be used for service upon the parties.

This Q&A considers what steps must be taken and what sort of notice needs to be provided to the court if the respondent in private law proceedings under the Children Act 1989 dies.

This Q&A considers the steps that a first petitioner must take if they wish to defend a cross petition filed by the respondent.

This Q&A considers whether an LPA attorney is able to complete the administration of an estate on behalf of an incapacitated donor, who is appointed as sole administrator.

This Q&A looks at whether the court can make orders regarding pension assets subsequent to a clean break in relation to pension sharing.

This Q&A considers who is responsible for paying business expenses, including employees’ wages, after the death of the sole business owner, in particular whether these are the responsibility of the new owner of the business or the estate.

This Q&A considers against whom a charging order will be made where a property is jointly owned and only one of the joint owners is the judgment debtor.