Chris Bryden

This Q&A looks at the consideration of a marital agreement as a preliminary issue by a notice to show cause.

This Q&A considers the situation where the parties reach a child arrangements order by consent which stipulates that the father is to have no contact with the child and whether this is likely to be approved by the court in the absence of the parties.

This Q&A considers the rights to claim financial orders over property within divorce proceedings.

This Q&A considers the procedure for serving a claim where the defendant has died and there are no personal representatives.

This Q&A considers the options available to the executors if a claim is brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 where the residuary estate has been exhausted and the pecuniary legacies are subject to abatement.

This Q&A considers what happens in the event of the death of a tenant of a long commercial lease.

This Q&A considers the statutory protection to qualifying business tenants under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954).

This Q&A considers the possibility for a limited company to rely on section 42 and seek a renewal lease under LTA 1954

This Q&A considers whose responsibility is it to maintain/repair cast iron/steel channels in public footways which carry rain water from residential properties.

This Q&A considers a situation where there are four legal and beneficial owners listed on the title and six non-listed legal and beneficial owners, if all legal and beneficial owners need to sign the contract when selling a property, or only those listed on the title.

This Q&A considers whether, where there are multiple debtors under a single judgment, all parties would be required to make a CPR 40.9A application or can a vary application be made by a single debtor.

This Q&A considers whether non-occupying owners can set the rent and other terms where one of the owners occupies the property in the case of joint ownership.

This question relates to a failure to serve notice of the right of first refusal and the effect of the same on a subsequent transfer.

This Q&A considers whether a covenant restricting the use of a property to a private residence or dwellinghouse would be breached if the landlord is a local authority.

This Q&A considers whether a right of way registered to a freehold title will automatically pass to the leasehold title.

This Q&A discusses whether the discharge and release of a charge over a property would require compliance where there is a standard restriction registered against the title preventing 'dispositions' without complying with certain conditions.

This Q&A considers if, where there is an LPA in place for finance and property, the donor still has mental capacity and the LPA provides authority for the attorney to make decisions before the donor loses capacity, the attorney can bring legal proceedings on behalf of the donor in relation to cases such as public services or personal injury. It also considers whether such cases would be within the scope of the attorney's authority under the LPA, if not, whether the donor would have to bring any such proceedings themselves with the attorney only able to apply to become litigation friend once the donor has lost capacity.

This Q&A considers what a potential administrator can do while waiting for letters of administration in order to issue proceedings in time.

This Q&A considers circumstances in which two clients, soon to be married, wish to make mirror Wills and are both in the process of getting divorced from their previous spouses. In particular, the question considers whether a contemplation of marriage clause would be effective in these circumstances.

This Q&A considers whether possession proceedings can be brought against an executor with power reserved who remains in occupation of a residential property following termination of a right to occupy, by executors who have a grant.