Chris Bryden

This Q&A considers rentcharges and freehold setups.

This Q&A will consider whether solicitors can make enquiries into the whereabouts of a party to divorce proceedings who is living at a refuge in order to serve papers.

This Q&A looks at whether a witness printing their name on a Will will affect the Will’s validity.

This Q&A considers how a birth mother can prove her spouse did not consent to insemination for the purpose of birth registration and demonstrating legal parenthood.

This Q&A considers IVF treatment using a donor sperm, and issues of consent that might arise under HFEA 2008.

This Q&A considers the impact of personal insolvency in a family breakdown situation.

This Q&A considers whether, where an agreement for surrender essentially amounts to a landlord call option, the covenants and obligations under the agreement will pass to successors of both the landlord and the tenant under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 provided that the agreement is expressed to be collateral to the lease and with both ‘landlord’ and ‘tenant’ including successors-in-title.

This Q&A considers whether it is appropriate to consider the potential cumulative impact of such works, and if so, how these should be weighed in the planning balance.

This Q&A considers whether, where an application for rectification of a company's register of members is made to the Court, can it be made to any court, or is a specific court/hearing centre required.

This Q&A considers whether an extension can be agreed by consent and if so, what evidence the court will require in order to approve the order where an application has been made to extend the term of a non-molestation order, and a hearing has been listed.

This Q&A considers whether, if where an application has been made to the FTT, the appointment of a manager under section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 can be dealt with by way of a consent order?

This Q&A considers, where an application is made by a step parent for a child arrangements order and the child’s natural father has parental responsibility for the child, whether there is any authority to support an application that the natural father should not be made a respondent to the proceedings, in circumstances where he has not had contact for ten years due to concerns of abuse and the child is autistic and is likely to become unsettled or distressed if the natural father becomes involved in the proceedings.

Part IV of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) contains provisions relating to the variation of leases. By LTA 1987, s 35 any party to a long lease of a flat may make an application to the appropriate tribunal (being the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)) for an order varying the lease in such manner as is specified in the application. However, this is not an open-ended power to allow the variation of a lease, as the grounds of the application must be that the lease fails to make satisfactory provision with respect to one or more prescribed matters, which relate in broad terms to the repair and maintenance of the building. By LTA 1987,

This Q&A considers whether, in the event that an application is made under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 and the respondent’s whereabouts are unknown, an application can be made to the court for disclosure of the respondent’s address.

This Q&A considers applications made under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 in relation to more than one property and the process by which a party may file a claim form.

This Q&A considers whether an attorney, acting for a registered proprietor on the sale of goods, justified the property being sold with a limited guarantee.

This Q&A relates to any special provisions relating to the ending of a lease for an electricity substation.

This Q&A considers the issue of medical suspension in the context of a zero hours contract, how to calculate the rate of pay of a zero hours employee who has been medically suspended from work, and how long the suspension would last.

This Q&A considers whether an employer who is notified of a ballot on industrial action is able to contact their employees, the union members, to communicate their side of the issue in dispute.

This Q&A considers whether the grant of a right of way permits the creation of additional access points over and above those existing at the date of grant.