Getting the other side to pay your legal fees
Under The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, the court has power in appropriate cases to “vary” the terms of the deceased’s Will...
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Mediation, litigation, arbitration. What’s the difference?
When it comes to dispute resolution, there are now a number of processes that parties in disputes can choose from in order to try to...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorTop 5 Benefits of Mediation
If you are an aggrieved party seeking to take action and resolve a dispute then, depending on the nature of the dispute and any prior...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorMediation: Please don’t use the “F” word in my presence
As I always say to parties at the beginning of my mediations, one of the golden rules of mediation is that each side must move...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorBonfire Night parties – how to avoid some legal fireworks
Remember, remember, the fifth of November… Every year it’s impossible not to remember the (allegedly) treasonous acts of a group of men as they planned...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorChallenging times: what happens when a family member is cut...
High profile inheritance disputes follow celebrities and the super-rich as surely as night follows day, but such challenges are becoming increasingly common, whatever the values...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorInheritance Act Claims – an application delayed is often an...
Following a death, it is possible for a claim to be made against the deceased’s estate on the basis that the distribution of their estate...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorMediation delayed is not mediation denied
In a case decided earlier this year the claimants made a claim against Channel 5 for damages for misuse of private information in respect of...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorYou should have sued us just around midnight!
When a cause of action arises during the course of a day, e.g. the occurrence of a car accident, that day is disregarded for limitation...
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Partner & Accredited MediatorOn the one hand…on the other hand…
Lawyers, other than those at Hart Brown of course, are not infrequently criticised for sitting on the fence in terms of giving legal advice. Bearing...
