When advising clients in non-marital relationships, understanding the intricate legal landscape is essential. Equip yourself with the latest guidance on rights, financial support, and property disputes to better advocate for cohabitants. Our expertise ensures you are prepared for any scenario.
This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes recent judgments on a father’s application for judicial review of a local authority’s...
This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the updated MyHMCTS financial remedy cases guidance. Recent judgments on an...
Private Client analysis: The Court of Appeal allowed the parents’ appeal and appointed them as HB’s health and welfare deputies, rejecting the...
Private Client analysis: The Court of Protection dismissed Camden’s appeal against findings that BW lacked capacity to decide whether to consent to...
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
TOLATA 1996—when to use Part 7 and when to use Part 8This Practice Note explains the distinction between Parts 7 and 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR), SI 1998/3132 in relation to claims brought under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA 1996) and also contains an
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
0330 161 1234