This Practice Note explains the main fitness to practise hearing before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal (HCPT). It deals with preparation for...
The purpose of this Practice Note is to provide a general understanding of the offences under section 1, 2 and 6 of the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010). It...
This Practice Note examines agreements entered into under sections 38 and 278 of the Highways Act 1980, considering the obligations they impose and,...
The introduction of trial by a single justice was a response to a belief, on the part of the government, that the use of two or three justices to deal...
When is a contract a void contract?A void contract is one that is wholly lacking in legal effect. A contract will be void where:•the parties contract...
This Practice Note considers what damages may be available as remedy for claims in tort, including negligence claims.For general guidance on damages,...
There can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a landlord subsequently grants a lease...
A civil recovery order (CRO) is an order available to recover the proceeds of crime through action in the High Court, rather than the criminal court,...
Background to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus either conduct, or conversely,...
The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 (FS(E) Regs 2011), SI 2011/581, reg 27 governs the approval of foster parents. In considering what...
Where a child is subject to a care order, the rules as to the local authority dealing with the case are set out in section 31(8) of the Children Act...
An adoption order is an order which has the effect of severing all legal ties with the child’s biological family and creates a new legal relationship...
This Practice Note details who can be adopted and who can adopt, together with the conditions to be satisfied, adoption reports and procedural issues....
The general principles about adoption are contained in section 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (ACA 2002). They variously apply to a court, an...
This Practice Note sets out the general principles to be applied in relation to contact orders, both pre- and post-adoption. It also details who may...
Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 19 (ACA 2002) governs parental consent to children being placed for adoption with prospective adopters.ACA 2002, s...
This Practice Note distinguishes between English and Welsh law, which are different in several respects, in both statute and regulations, while also...
The statutory provision regarding privately fostered children is contained in the Part IX of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989). The English regulatory...
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