When a person applies for a financial order in divorce proceedings a clearly defined timetable will be set out. The first Court hearing is known as the FIRST DIRECTIONS APPOINTMENT or ‘FDA’. The…
No spouse or civil partner. • • parents, but if none: • brothers and sisters of the full blood (nephews and nieces step into…
MISSING BENEFICIARIESIt can sometimes be difficult to locate a beneficiary. They may be distance relatives you have not heard from for years. It might be possible to find information to…
Section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 allows the court to order that any further applications a party seeks to make in relation to a child or children may not…
The principles of Laches in a proprietary estoppel claim is where the claim might be defeated by a limitation defence. In a claim based on proprietary estoppel, the claimant must…