Litigation & Disputes For Individuals Articles
Read more about Online Dispute Resolution and views that smaller value civil claims can be sorted by ODR instead of blocking-up valuable court time, freeing them up to hear heavier-weight cases that are currently in a pandemic bottle-neck.
Forfeiting and unwanted tenants are being given Christmas and New Year at home. Read more...
There's an increasing number of contested probate cases where the needs of other parties outweigh the child's claim to an inheritance from their parent.
New law (Practice Direction 51Z) gives landlords new rights during Lockdown to deal with unwanted trespass and squatters.
Coronavirus Help: Quick Top 10 Tips if you are facing personal or business financial debt worries and cannot honour contracts for bank lending, mortgage payments, travel, insurance, work, family, home and more...
A landmark ruling in a contentious probate case has recently been reported upon by Gordon Exall, Barrister, Zenith Chambers, Leeds & Hardwicke, London. The case, in which a ‘limitation amnesty’ was agreed between parties in reference to a claim that the monies left on trust by her late husband, were not sufficient to meet her needs, has hit the legal press following a statement in the ruling by Mr. Justice Mostyn.
Use of Mediation in Resolving Litigation
This week marks “Mediation Awareness Week”, and so we thought that we would share with you our own views about the process of mediation in the context of litigation matters.
Our client, who is an accountant, was sacked from his job with just one week’s notice. As he had no formal employment contract in place, the terms of his employment were therefore ‘implied’. We are now pursuing a wrongful dismissal claim for insufficient notice on behalf of our client in a civil court...
Bankruptcy is a confusing and complex area which can have adverse legal consequences. When they elect to make themselves bankrupt, many individuals fall into pitfalls that they did not foresee...
What are Terms and Conditions? I suspect there are a few of you scratching your heads and thinking of the screen you have to accept whenever you update your Apple Phone. Strictly speaking, they are and you’re right to think so. But what you really want to know is what they mean and what legal effect they have...
We were asked recently to help a client challenge their neighbour’s planning application for a back garden development. The neighbour’s plan was to build a large ‘bungalow’ – we use the term ‘bungalow’ with some caution as in reality this was a two storey property utilising a mezzanine floor for bedrooms and bathrooms...
