A fact finding hearing is a hearing whereby a judge considers a contested factual dispute, usually relevant to the welfare of children or any allegation of domestic abuse . When an allegation is made and the other party disputes it, the Court will...
On 22 June 2021, we published a blog post about Labour MP Fabian Hamilton who had raised the issue of predatory marriages during Prime Minister’s Questions, calling on the government to reform this area of the law . This issue has now...
When unmarried cohabitees separate there is often a dispute around who owns the “shared” property. The general starting point is that the couple’s equitable property rights will mirror the legal property ownership shown on the...
The Decree Nisi is a Court order confirming that the Applicant is entitled to a divorce whereas the Decree Absolute formally and legally ends the marriage entirely. Once the Decree Nisi is granted, the marriage still exists and the parties are still not...
The 2021 case of Fox Group International Limited (“ Fox ”) v Teleta Pharma Limited (“ Teleta ”) is an example of an intellectual property case backfiring. Fox, a supplier of cosmetic products, had a distributor agreement with...
The respondent to a divorce application must complete the acknowledgement of service form which confirms that the petition has been received and gives the respondent the opportunity to defend proceedings or comment on the contents of the petition if they...
The Ministry of Justice have confirmed that The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, which was due to come into force this year, has now been delayed until 6 April 2022. The delay is due to “full and rigorous” testing of the new system...
For those considering who to leave their estate to after they die, a tricky dilemma can often arise when considering the question of their own children. For various reasons, a testator may not consider it appropriate to leave anything to their child or...
Parental Responsibility is defined under the Children Act 1989 as “all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property”. In practice, this allows...
Welcome Indirect discrimination occurs when an employer applies a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) to all employees which disadvantages a group of people who share a protected characteristic (such as race or sex). Indirect discrimination can be...
