Terry If you want to change a name by deed poll, the Judgments Section of the Central Office of the High Court will be your first port of call. The Judgments Section/Deed Poll section will give you precedent wordings that you can use and adapt to your own particular circumstances and which will be used in … Read more
Does a ‘full and final settlement’ in a deed of separation or on Consent Terms in a judicial separation actually mean what it says? In other words, can either party get a ‘second bit of the cherry’ at the time of divorce? Firstly, the Courts are obliged under section 20(3) of the Family Law (Divorce) … Read more
When a person dies having failed to make a will, he/she is said to have died intestate. This means that his estate will be distributed in accordance with the Succession Act, 1965, part VI. This sets out the rules for distribution on intestacy, the shares of surviving spouses and issue, the shares of parents, brothers, … Read more
Whether the change of service providers is covered by the TUPE regulations will depend on the particular facts of the situation. Firstly, it is worth remembering that TUPE covers the transfer of undertakings. To be a transfer of an undertaking it must relate to a stable economic entity whose activity is not limited to performing … Read more
The grant of administration with will annexed is one of many different grants of representation possible in administering the estates of deceased persons. This grant is required where The appointed executor renounces There is no executor appointed in the will The executor appointed does not renounce and refuses to apply for a grant of probate … Read more