First probate registry closes as application delays drag on
Birmingham probate register office is the first to shut under HMCTS' £1bn reform programme.
Court upholds 'older died first' principle in inheritance dispute
Evidence on decomposition no basis for displacing the statutory presumption that the older person died first.
Appeal allows stand-still agreement on claim 17 months out of time
High Court decision on inheritance case overturned as Court of Appeal judges give their backing to lawyers' agreement.
Court slashes £25k costs for superfluous QC
Appeal judge comes down hard on party whose entire legal team arrived for costs hearing after family case.
Did council owe claimants a duty of care?
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Parental alienation in criminal cases
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Orders in family proceedings: appeals
Mother’s appeal against findings of fact made against her in care proceedings, made on basis of fresh evidence suggesting her account of events had been plausible, was dismissed.
Orders in family proceedings: disclosure to police
Court ruled appellant parents failed to establish central ground of appeal against care proceedings order based on ‘right to silence’.
Letters roundup - 5 August 2019
Cruise missiles, price transparency, and MoJ inefficiency: your letters to the editor.
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Local law societies, frivolous marriage, and the Welsh language: your letters to the editor.
Letters roundup - 8 July 2019
Rogue firms, interpreters, and lapses in judgement: your letters to the editor.
