How do you prove your professional negligence claim if the defendant keeps their ‘dirty laundry’ to themselves?

A settlement agreement is a legally binding confidential agreement between an employer and an employee. A settlement agreement is usually coupled with a compensation payment.

This guide sets out a general overview of the litigation process. It does not cover every possible stage of the process, but highlights those which are likely to apply to most cases.

When you ask a surveyor to value or assess a property you need them to tell you the full story. If they don't and the property is not what you thought, due to any number of different defects, then it is likely to be worth less.

Standstill agreements are commonly used in litigation.

A grant of probate is a document which confirms that legal authority has been given to an executor of the deceased’s will.

You have won an adjudication. You have been to court and enforced the decision and have a court order. So can you issue a winding-up petition rather than sending in the bailiffs?

When people think about divorce they think about a difficult, acrimonious process and a painful division of assets, all too often with the attitude that if only the other person would be reasonable everything would be straightforward.

Privilege can entitle a party involved in court proceedings to withhold a document from their opponent or to deny access to regulators and enforcement agencies.

2020 has been a year like no other and undoubtedly the major change in this area of law has been the amendment to the Wills Act 1837 which had been unchanged legislation for approaching 200 years.