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Use this form to ask the court to proceed with your divorce, dissolution, nullity of judicial separation proceedings without the papers being served on the other party.
Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.
Government lawyers provide legal advice to the government and represent it in court proceedings
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
How solicitors can set out the reason why it would be unreasonable for the defendant to pay the full costs.
The cases we most commonly handle are disputes relating to: personal injury negligence breach of contract breach of a statutory duty breach of the Human Rights Act 1998 libel, slander and other torts non-payment of a debt and ‘enforcement orders’...
Procedures rules and forms not replaced by the Criminal Procedure Rules or the Family Procedure Rules and statutory instruments.
How HMRC calculates and notifies UK-based businesses about customs civil penalties for contraventions of EU and national legal requirements.
Details of the Legal Aid Agency’s ongoing response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
Guidance for legal professionals on the new rules for various areas of legal practice.
Find out how you should prepare for a telephone or video court or tribunal hearing and what to expect on the day.
We hear appeals from proceedings in the Crown Court. We hear appeals against: convictions in the Crown Court sentences given by the Crown Court (even if the conviction was in a magistrates’ court) confiscation orders imposed by the Crown Court...
We carry out judicial reviews of decisions made by planning authorities, and hear other challenges to planning decisions. This includes appeals and applications relating to: planning permission development consent compulsory purchase orders highways and other rights of way decisions under...
A competition to award funding aimed at accelerating innovation within the legal services sector and the growth of lawtech in the UK.
Use this application notice to ask a court to set aside or vary a judgment, or suspend an enforcement process.
The rules for legal aid providers, including the interests of justice and means tests, relevant legislation, and making an application.
Find specific information and funding guidance so you can run your mediation service according to Legal Aid Agency (LAA) contracts.
What being in 'contempt of court' means, who can be in contempt of court, what the consequences are, how to report it, how to avoid it on social media (such as Twitter and Facebook).
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