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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...
Private Client analysis: The Honourable Mr Justice Hayden clarified both the Court of Protection’s role where a complainant may lack capacity 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...
Can the court, within care proceedings, make a non-molestation order of its own motion that prevents a parent from entering the family home?Section 42(2)(b) of the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996) provides the court with the power to make a non-molestation order of its own motion in any family
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
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 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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