The most recent civil disputes I’ve mediated involved a division of assets but on the day of the mediation the absence of key information caused a blockage for the parties who were otherwise moving toward their chosen form of settlement.

Employers need to get ready for a significant change in the rights of employees who are parents. Parents of babies expected on or after 5th April 2015 will be able to convert the mother’s maternity leave into shared parental leave.

Where a person dies leaving no Will (Or no valid will) at the date of their death, they have died intestate.

The Judge in this case ordered indemnity costs against a party who refused to agree a very short extension for service of a Statement of Case.

Beware - this can mean a bigger bill for the ‘loser’.

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The Court had regard to the overall justice of the case.

The most common challenges are based upon allegations of lack of testamentary capacity at the time that the instructions were given for the Will and undue influence.