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• Updated: 18 September 2024

When your husband or wife applies for divorce: how to reply (respond), what happens if you agree or disagree (dispute), what happens if you do not reply, what to do if your husband or wife does not continue the divorce

• Overview

  If your husband or wife has applied for a divorce, the court will send you…

• How to reply

  You must reply by the deadline on your ‘notice of proceedings’. How you…

• If you agree with the divorce

  If you reply that you agree with the divorce, the divorce will go ahead.…

• If you disagree with the divorce

  You can only disagree with the divorce if you have a legal reason. For…

• If your husband or wife does not continue the divorce

  What you do next depends on where things stopped. If they have not applied…

• Start your own divorce

  You might want to start your own divorce. For example, if your husband or…

Employer's responsibilities during the process of union recognition.

• Overview

  As an employer you may need to work with trade unions that represent…

• When the union requests recognition

  The union must ask you - the employer - in writing if you’ll agree to…

• When the union applies for statutory recognition

  The union can apply to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for…

• Establishing the bargaining unit

  The ‘bargaining unit’ is the group of employees that will be represented…

• Ballot on union recognition

  Your employees will be balloted about whether they want the union to be…

• Complaints about and from the union

  You can complain to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) if the union…

• Ending negotiations

  You and the union will not need to continue negotiations if the union…

Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.

Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay

Apply to set up an arrangement with your employer to be kept informed and to be consulted

Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’

Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer

How to become and act as a Court of Protection deputy - eligibility, responsibilities, how to apply, fees, supervision and when your deputyship ends.

Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income or none at all - rates, eligibility and how to claim