This response considers whether there is a fixed period that a relationship needs to have lasted in order to fall within the definition of a relationship of ‘significant duration’ under section 62(3) of the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996). The court may make a non-molestation order pursuant to FLA 1996, s 42 if an application has been made by a person who is ‘associated with the respondent’, or if in any family proceedings to which the respondent is a party the court considers that the order should be made for the benefit of any other party to the proceedings or any relevant child, even though no such application has been made (FLA 1996, s 42(2)). For further guidance, see Practice Note: Non-molestation orders. The term ‘associated persons’ is defined at FLA 1996, s 62(3).

In an email to stakeholders on 28 February 2025, the Home Office has confirmed that several thousand persons with pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) have now received a grant of settled status through the ‘automated’ conversion process announced on 17 January 2025 (as part of the package of measures put into place in response to the High Court’s decision in R (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens' Rights Agreement) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (European Commission and another intervening) [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin), [2022] All ER (D) 70 (Dec)). The email goes onto say that the Home Office ‘intend to expand this approach further as the year progresses, including through use of border crossing data’. Until now, Home Office communications such as the 17 January 2025 announcement have always said that automated evidence of residence has been confined to checks of tax and benefits records held by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). It is unclear what will be the source of this new border crossing data will be, ie passenger information records provided in advance of travel by carriers, or any Home Office IT recording actual entries and exits. The email also notes that a new portal has been launched for payment of the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS), which automatically calculates the required IHS fee using information provided in the visa application form. It is also stated to provide automatic notifications for refunds and clear descriptions of refund and top-up reasons which will help applicants better understand their payment status.

Where there are joint owners of a property, the legal owner (or owners) hold the beneficial interest in that property on trust for the beneficial owners. The beneficial owners can either hold as joint tenants (in which case, they each own the indivisible whole) or as tenants in common, meaning that they hold defined shares and can, for example, leave their shares by Will to whomsoever they may choose. Additionally, a tenant in common can dispose of their share to a third party, either by sale, gift, assignment or by settling the interest into a trust. Much will depend upon what A is seeking to achieve in disposing of their share and an inter vivos trust may not necessarily

Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) gives qualifying tenants of flats a right of first refusal enabling them to purchase the interest of their landlord if and when they propose to dispose of it. The right is framed in negative terms, prohibiting

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Environment analysis: On 24 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its first advisory opinion (AO) on climate change. The AO has been widely heralded as a turning point in both international environmental law and in climate change litigation, transforming climate ambition into enforceable legal obligations and setting the stage for heightened scrutiny of both state and corporate conduct. Written by Estelle Dehon KC, of Cornerstone Barristers.

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Construction analysis: The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) found that the ‘conclusive evidence’ provisions in a Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) form of sub-contract did not apply to an adjudication on the value of the Final Sub-Contract Sum. The court found that the claimant had commenced adjudication proceedings before the Final Payment Notice (FPN) became conclusive evidence of the Final Sub-Contract Sum, meaning that the adjudicator was not bound by it. Further, the claimant’s failure to serve a timely Referral Notice in the adjudication did not mean that the proceedings should have been treated as concluded or abandoned before the adjudicator made his decision.