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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...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published non‑statutory guidance on delivering the kinship allowance as part of the Kinship Zones pilot...
Family analysis: The final View from Sir Andrew McFarlane as the President of the Family Division highlights the nationwide rollout of the Child...
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...
The grounds on which a marriage is voidThis Practice Note sets out the grounds on which a marriage is void. It covers marriages not valid under the Marriage Acts 1949 to 1986, eg the parties are within the prohibited decrees. It covers cases where at the time of the marriage either party was already
What is the procedure to withdraw a divorce petition that has already been served on the respondent? Will the respondent be notified of any application to withdraw the petition and what does the court take into account in deciding whether the petition should be dismissed?Family Procedure Rules (FPR
In divorce proceedings if the applicant is delaying applying for the conditional order or final order is the respondent able to apply and if so what is the procedure?This Q&A has assumes for the purposes of this reply that the application for a matrimonial order was made on or after 6 April 2022
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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