Alternative Dispute Resolution – what is a blind bid mediation?
Commercial disputes are often a lengthy and expensive process, but in some circumstances a dispute…
March 24, 2025 By Christopher Jackson
Mandatory Mediation: Can It Really Solve the Family Court Backlog?
The Family Court in England and Wales has been experiencing significant backlogs in recent years.…
March 24, 2025 By Benitia Knowles-Wright
Does the Court need to approve a financial agreement I have with my husband/wife?
The majority of financial orders on divorce are made as a result of parties being…
March 24, 2025 By Emma Booker
Security of tenure and the renewal of leases: Law Commission Consultation update
Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 provides business tenants of commercial premises…
March 24, 2025 By Helen Williams
Jurisdiction/Habitual Residence and being out of reach of the Court
A recent case has drawn helpful attention to the criteria for a child to be…
March 24, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
Protecting Your Business During a Divorce
The breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership is always difficult, but when you also…
March 24, 2025 By Harriet Wigmore
Key Articles of the Hague Convention
The recent case of KL v PQ NIFam 13, heard in May 2024 by the…
March 24, 2025 By Megan Eaton
Does it really save us money if we both instruct the same lawyer in our divorce?
Having offered divorce and related financial settlement advice to couples jointly using the Resolution Together approach…
March 24, 2025 By Sarah Atkinson
Mediation and Arbitration as Dispute Resolution
“Court backlog” is a repeated phrase we hear now more than ever. The Court system…
March 24, 2025 By Kirstin Sibley
Adverse possession: Brown v Ridley and another [2025] Making sense of alternative interpretations of the 2002 Act
The law of adverse possession is colloquially described as “squatters rights”. Adverse possession offers the…
March 24, 2025 By Helen Williams
Dilapidations claims: an overview
In the context of landlord and tenant law, the term ‘dilapidations’ is used to refer…
March 24, 2025 By Helen Williams
Property Development – Step Four – Have you got an option?
In my last article I looked at conditional contracts and observed that no developer would…
March 24, 2025 By Michael Beadel