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The Master of the Rolls and the Minister of State have approved the 196th Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules. The update...
This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of updated standard family orders, changes to delegated authority for legal aid...
From 15 July 2026, legal aid providers will be given delegated authority to grant legal representation for private law children applications...
Mr Justice Peel, the judge in charge of standard orders, has announced updates to selected standard family orders following discussions between the...
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...
Should a Form A be issued as well as a Form B if an application under section 10(2) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 is needed to prevent a conditional order being made final in divorce proceedings where the applicant has not yet made financial provision for the respondent or does the court treat
If the respondent to a divorce files a cross petition what steps must the first petitioner take if they wish to defend the cross petition and proceed on the basis of their first petition or they do not wish to defend the cross petition. Does the first petitioner need to file an acknowledgment of
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
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
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