This Practice Note considers when a solicitor will be on the court record as acting for a party and the consequences of being on the court record. It also addresses the...
This document provides general guidance regarding changing a child’s name. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your circumstances. Who can...
This document provides general guidance regarding applications for child arrangements orders. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your...
This document provides general guidance regarding procedure for dissolving a civil partnership. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your...
Client care is about providing a proper standard of service to clients. The regulatory obligations that should be complied with are set out in Chapter 1 of the Solicitors...
Client care is about providing a proper standard of service to clients. This Practice Note sets out the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) 2019 regulatory regime in...
This document provides general guidance regarding the property rights of cohabitants and claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. Your family...
This document provides general guidance regarding cohabitation agreements. It explains what a cohabitation agreement is, why you might want to make one, and the sorts of...
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) handbook sets out ten mandatory Principles which define the fundamental ethical and professional standards expected of all...
Conflicts of interest can cause difficult and serious problems for solicitors and law firms, both from a compliance point of view and in client relationships. If a...
The General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 4 May 2016. Its provisions became...
Brexit: On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be an EU Member State and entered an implementation period, during which it continues to be subject to EU law. During this...
This document provides general guidance regarding divorce procedure. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your circumstances. How do I...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by procedural changes in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak....
This document provides general guidance regarding an application to court to resolve your financial arrangements on divorce or dissolution. Your family lawyer will be...
This document provides general guidance regarding financial provision for children. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your...
This document provides general guidance regarding financial disclosure. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your circumstances. What is...
Brexit: As of exit day (31 January 2020), the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but it has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by...
Brexit: As of exit day (31 January 2020), the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but it has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by...
This document provides general guidance regarding an application for leave to remove children permanently from the jurisdiction. Your family lawyer will be able to...
Dear [insert organisation or individual’s name] Our client: [insert name] [Property OR Land]: [insert address] Land Registry number: [insert Land Registry number] We are...
Dear [client name] Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) Court rules require that before making an application to issue certain kinds of family proceedings...
This document provides general guidance regarding alternatives to court in family law matters including the requirement to attend a mediation information and assessment...
The pre-application requirement for attendance at a mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAM) is set out in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI...
This document provides general guidance regarding injunctions to protect from domestic abuse available in the family courts. Your family lawyer will be able to provide...
Case number [insert number] [In the principal registry OR In the [insert court location] FAMILY court] Sitting at [insert place] Notice of acting Between [insert...
Notices and restrictions may be used to afford some limited protection of an asset comprising land or property, which comprises registered land, in respect of which an...
This document provides general guidance regarding parental responsibility for a child. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your...
This document provides general guidance regarding post-nuptial agreements. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your circumstances. What is...
This document provides general guidance regarding pre-nuptial agreements. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your circumstances. What is...
