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The Family Division of the High Court has granted a mother’s application for her younger daughter, who was living with her father in the USA, to be returned to the...

Recent figures from HM Courts and Tribunals Service show that the waiting time for grants of probate has remained steady for several months, following delays in processing probate applications in...

In certain circumstances, a member of a club whose membership is unfairly terminated may be able to obtain legal redress. In a recent case, a woman who was expelled from...

The leaseholders of a flat in a separate wing of a country house have succeeded in their appeal against a determination that they were liable to pay service charges in...

The Family Court has ruled on an application for financial remedies in a case which involved a range of assets and was characterised by animosity and dispute. The husband...

The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has rejected a woman’s argument that her former husband was liable to tax on half of the income from a rental property they jointly owned. ...

In cases regarding medical treatment, judges sometimes have to make difficult decisions urgently in very sad circumstances. Recently, the Court of Protection ruled that it was in the best interests...

A woman who stole her daughters’ inheritance has been handed a prison sentence and ordered to pay back the money. The woman’s mother passed away in 2013. The woman...

The Family Division of the High Court has granted a couple’s application for a parental order in respect of a boy who was born to a surrogate mother in California....

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has rejected a landowner’s appeal against the dismissal of his application for the determination of a boundary between a strip of land he owned and the...