Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers the implications of findings made in Family Law Act 1996 proceedings and the confidentiality of such proceedings.

This Q&A considers the disclosure of covert recordings in proceedings under the Family Law Act 1996.

This Q&A discusses the process of an application for dismissal procedures under TOLATA 1996.

This Q&A considers whether it is possible to exclude liability for inadvertent misrepresentation in replies to enquires before contract in property sale contracts.

This Q&A looks at compulsory purchase orders for highway schemes.

This Q&A deals with the administration of an insolvent Estate, the payment of different types of debt and the obligations of the administrator to the creditors in a situation where there are insufficient assets to satisfy the liabilities.

This Q&A considers occupation rent and when it can be set off against the interest portion of mortgage payments in relation to a claim for equitable accounting.

This Q&A considers the meaning of the wording in paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Housing Act 1985, 'as the tenant may require'. It discusses whether the onus is on the tenant to request or should the local authority provide them regardless of a formal request.

This Q&A discusses the court’s power to control evidence which is undated and unverified under FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955.

This Q&A considers the situation where a direction has been given for a fact finding hearing in private proceedings in relation to domestic abuse and the alleged abuser then seeks leave to withdraw the abuser’s application without specifically contesting the allegations other than in general terms. Specifically, it focuses on any authority which suggests the correct approach of the court.

This Q&A considers the powers available to a local authority to ensure compliance with coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation requirements at a private residence.

This Q&A looks at the procedure for an application under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Specifically, it considers whether a claimant should file any written evidence on which they intend to rely with their claim form, setting out the facts on which the claimant relies including all material facts of which the court should be made aware. It also considers whether an application should be brought under Part 8 of CPR 1998 and if not under which part it should be brought.

This Q&A considers the legal time limit for which a pre-emption agreement will remain legally enforceable.

This Q&A considers whether the tenant’s notice period of one month in a statutory periodic tenancy must expire on the last day of the period of the tenancy.

This Q&A considers how long a local authority must give to residents to raise objections and how long it must 'consider' those objections under section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972). It also considers how long a decision by a local authority, pursuant to this section, must be open to judicial review.

This Q&A looks at the difference between a tenancy belonging to a government department and a tenancy held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

This Q&A considers, in the context of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Protocol 2019, whether a solicitor who is a member of the CQS can charge a fee for a notice to complete if there is no provision in the contract for such fee to be charged.

This Q&A considers, in the absence of an amending SI modifying the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (the Commercial Agents Regulations), SI 1993/3053 after IP completion day, the effect of Regulation 1(3)(b) permitting agents in member states to agree to be subject to the Commercial Agents Regulations instead of the legislation implementing EU Commercial Agents Directive in their own Member State.

This Q&A considers who is responsible for a party wall in the absence of any evidence in the title deeds to the properties concerned.

This Q&A considers how to transfer property held abroad by a couple in a country where the local law prohibits an interest of land to be transferred to a non-national of that area.