The Single Family Court
May 28, 2014The new Single Family Court came into effect on 22 April 2014. Prior to this, there were three tiers of Court: the Family Proceedings Court, the County Court and the […]
The new Single Family Court came into effect on 22 April 2014. Prior to this, there were three tiers of Court: the Family Proceedings Court, the County Court and the […]
Family Law Section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014 came into effect on 22 April 2014. This has amended Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 to remove […]
Divorce When a party makes an Application to the Court to Petition for Divorce, Dissolve a Civil Partnership or for Judicial Separation, this is done by completing Form D8. As […]
Court of Protection (Deputyship) Applications for Property & Financial Affairs will drop from £400 to £220 when the Application is simple. Other Application Fees increase by £10 to £410. The […]
With effect from 22 April 2014, the Probate Application fee increased from £45 to £155 for Solicitor Applications and from £145 to £215 for Personal Applications. The Oath Fees at […]
From 6 April 2014, “a week’s pay” for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy payments and the basic award of compensation for unfair dismissals increased from £450 to £464. The […]
Flexible Working The government has provided a date of 30 June 2014 for the implementation of the new rules on the right to request Flexible Working – for more information […]
Employment Tribunals From 6 April 2014 prospective claimants in the employment tribunal are required to contact ACAS prior to issuing most proceedings. ACAS will then refer the matter to a […]
Landlord and Tenant Law The Court in the case of Horne & Meredith Properties Limited v Cox has ruled that persistent litigation brought by a Tenant against their Landlord can […]
Employment Law Where employers consistently offer enhanced redundancy payments, this can give right to a contractual right for all employees being made redundant to receive similar enhanced payments. The case […]
Employment Law It is well known that having a criminal conviction can be a huge barrier to attaining employment, although recent changes in the law seek to ease this burden […]
Civil Litigation When considering whether an individual has sufficient mental capacity to conduct legal proceedings, or instruct lawyers to conduct those proceedings on their behalf, the test is whether the […]
