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Family analysis: The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Re B-A (Placement Order and Contact Order) considered the local authority’s application to appeal...
Family analysis: In ‘Father’ v ‘Mother’ (The Secretary of State for Justice and others, intervening) and other cases, the Court of Appeal considered...
This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the second Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) Practice Direction Update of...
This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analyses of the recently issued Family Procedure Rules 2010, Practice Direction Update No...
Procedure—Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989This Practice Note sets out the procedural requirements in relation to an application under Schedule 1 to...
Applications under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997This Practice Note explains the six criminal offences that may be committed under the...
Striking out a statement of caseThis Practice Note explains the court's power to strike out a statement of case. It summarises the grounds on which a...
The grounds on which a marriage is voidA void marriage is one that will be treated by the court as never having taken place. The grounds on which a...
Case law definitions of cohabitationThere are various definitions of cohabitation within case law. Under the remedies available to cohabitants, the first step will be to establish that the relationship is sufficient to satisfy a specific remedy. The question of whether cohabitation has taken place
Case law relating to TOLATA 1996 claimsThis Practice Note provides guidance on case law in relation to claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA 1996), including the leading decisions in Stack v Dowden and Jones v Kernott. It also considers case law regarding the
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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