Dispute Resolution For Individuals Articles
A new small claims pilot allows the Courts to determine on paper the outcome of the claim, even where parties are not in agreement. Solicitor Madhvi Panchal explains...
How to recover money that's rightfully yours - What is Enforcement and the 5 different options?
What can you do to challenge a Will where you believe the wishes of the deceased were different, or the Executors have not acted in the proper way....
What have we learnt about defamation from the recent Depp v Heard case?
For many tenants a big risk in moving premises is what your ex-landlord may claim in dilapidations costs. Madhvi Panchal explains...
In this article, Head of Dispute Resolution, Sioban Calcott looks at the instances where you can Contest a Will...
Civil Justice Council's (CJC) recent report provides guidance and a new Pre-Action Protocol offering small claims an alternative to court...
The contested probate case in Reeves v Drew & Ors - how ‘untruthful evidence’ invalidated a will which attempted to divert a £multi-million asset fortune away from rightful beneficiaries...
Disputes - We look at the fundamentals of Part 36 Offers, what they are and how they operate. If you are looking to resolve your dispute amicably without the additional costs of proceeding to Court, a Part 36 Offer may be suitable for you...
Sarah Hickey outlines the law for consumer goods - the Consumer's Rights for buying in shops and buying online. What happens when deliveries are late or broken, or never turn up? What is the law if you change your mind?
How to avoid and steer your way clear of a Personal Dispute this Christmas and towards a resolution for 2022...read more
In this article about contesting a Will, Harry Mellors describes the 6-month deadline for making a claim and the circumstances surrounding the claim that will be challenged in Court...
Try this Amazing Staff Recipe: a great Christmas party food essential. Not to be missed!
Government review has ended and Fixed Recoverable Costs or (FRC) for civil claims are being extended - but what does this mean for you?
Members of staff and business contacts have grouped together today to take part in a business-to-business inspired charity football tournament... read more
Read more about the increases in Court Fees expected this autumn 2021…
How to protect your business with restrictive covenants and when/how to enforce any breaches
This month sees multiple exam successes at Lawson West Solicitors in Leicestershire for Harry Mellors and Rebecca Todd...read more
Where disputes are concerned, there are various methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution (or ADR), where parties work to sort out their differences…but do you know the difference between them? Our information makes it clear…
Neighbour Disputes are more common than you think…Best to Avoid?
How a cohabitation agreement can help you protect your property interests if your personal arrangements should change
Known as TOLATA, an Act of law can be used to help resolve property ownership disputes. How does it work?
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...
Solicitor Madhvi Panchal joins the expanding Dispute Resolution Team
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...
