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How to apply for bankruptcy: how long it lasts, bankruptcy restrictions, what happens to your home and assets when you're bankrupt.
Guideline figures for carrying out a summary assessment of court costs, listed by pay band and grade for different parts of the country.
How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change
Use this form to apply for letters of administration to manage the estate of the person who has died if they have not left a will.
Hearing lists published for courts and tribunals.
Your rights when bailiffs visit your home - entering your home, debts, complaining about private bailiffs, court bailiffs, civilian enforcement officers, certificated enforcement agents. Includes information from the withdra…
The different types of court - magistrates' court, Crown Court and youth court - the crimes they deal with and the level of sentences they can give.
Ask the court to make an order protecting you and any relevant child from abuse or harassment by a named person, or to prevent them living in your home.
Hearings listed in the Business and Property Courts in the Rolls Building.
Find out what you should bring for a court or tribunal hearing, how you can get support, and what to expect on the day
Daily cause lists for cases to be heard in the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL. Central London County Court list updated 23 May 2023
Use this form to complete a ‘statement of information’ to help the court decide whether the financial and property arrangements you’ve made are fair.
How to create an MyHMCTS organisation account to manage, submit and pay for certain civil, family and tribunal cases.
Use this form to start a request for a financial order in proceedings for divorce or ending a civil partnership.
Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
When your husband or wife applies for divorce: how to respond, agree or disagree, start your own proceedings, court hearing, apply for a decree absolute.
The full list of fee orders relating to civil and family proceedings.
How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to separate from your partner without divorcing them.
Use this form to tell the civil court which documents you served, who you served them on, and when, where and how you served them.
Information for landlords in England on tenant eviction: assured shorthold tenancies, including eviction notices, Section 21, Section 8, accelerated possession, possession orders, bailiffs
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