The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004) came into force on 5 th December 2005. However, in 2018 a Supreme Court ruling enabled this act to be amended and because of these the civil partnership regulations 2019 enabled opposite sex couples to form a civil...
If a non-molestation order has been made against you and you wish the order to be challenged. Yes, an application can be made to challenge the order and potentially get it discharged. However, this may not be ideal depending on the circumstance of the case. ...
Should the terms of the employment contract be ignored when looking at employment status? In the leading case on employment status, Uber BV and others v Aslam (2021) , the Supreme Court warned against treating the terms of the contract as the starting...
The existence of a quasi-partnership is a question of fact - a company is not incorporated and specifically designed to be a quasi-partnership and no specific documentation is issued for a company to become one – a company either is, or is not, a...
A cash equivalent value or “CEV” is something that your solicitor will ask you to obtain during financial settlement proceedings . Your pension provider will value the pension as a final figure. This may be different though to the...
You should have permission of everyone with parental responsibility for a child (or permission from the Court) before taking a child abroad. If a person with parental responsibility refuses to give consent an application to Court would be needed for a...
Teachers and NHS staff going through divorce may face delays to their financial settlements whilst public sector pensions are recalculated. The Treasury announced in March that there was a delay to their recalculation of “cash equivalent values”...
Both parents are legally required to provide financial costs for their children. When parents separate, the parent living with the child must receive child maintenance from the other parent for the financial costs of raising their child. The cost of the...
Restrictive covenants are used in employment contracts to restrict employees for a period of time after they leave their employment. The aim is to limit the damage that a departing employee can do to their old employer but there is always a...
No, a solicitor is not necessarily needed when applying for a divorce . However, having legal representation in some circumstances can be beneficial particularly within cases involving domestic abuse, children and where significant assets from the...
