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Where a claimant dies during small claims litigation, how should the court be alerted to the death of the claimant whose executor wishes to continue the proceedings? Is there an automatic stay until Grant of Probate or can a hearing proceed without?
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What are the specific conditions under which a payment to settle a contested claim to an estate is treated as a potentially exempt transfer?
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Where a cohabitant makes a substantial contribution to a property owned by their former cohabitant which is then sold and the proceeds invested in a second property, can they claim an interest in the second property in the absence of an express declaration as to that specific property?
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Where a woman has never assumed her husband’s surname on marriage but wants to change her name to a double-barrelled name, will the change of name deed refer only to her maiden name and her new name or does it need to refer to her husband’s surname?
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In proceedings in England and Wales, financial settlement terms have been agreed between the parties, including provision for a property in Scotland to be transferred from joint names to one party, subject to the mortgage, and for the property to be sold if the party who is to retain the property cannot release the other party from the mortgage. Are there any special considerations in relation to the consent order and will the Scottish courts enforce an order in relation to the transfer/sale of the property if required?
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Associated legal terms

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Family)

Alternative Dispute Resolution is a process for resolving family law disputes, eg mediation, collaborative law or family arbitration.

Primary principles

A Primary Principles document was issued in January 2022, superseding the Good Practice Protocol previously issued in November 2019, in relation to the Financial Remedies Court. The Primary Principles document makes provision as to procedure and allocation in the Financial Remedies Court.

Receiving parent

The parent who receives child maintenance in relation to statutory child support.
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