The Government have confirmed that the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (“the Act”) will come into force on 6 April 2022. As explained in our previous blog titled ‘No Fault Divorce’, https://www.prince-evans.co.uk/2021/03/24/no-fault-divorce-2-2/, the Act will allow married couples to divorce without the need to assign blame. It was originally suggested that the Act would come
In February 2021, a new mediation pilot was introduced by the government as part of the current court process for housing possession cases. Following the pilot scheme, on 7 April 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government issued guidance on the Housing Possession Mediation Service. The mediation pilot is free to use for
On 17 January 2021 the Government released a Press Release advising that they would be introducing reforms to make it easier and cheaper for Leaseholders to buy their own home which includes leaseholders extending their lease and acting collectively with other leaseholders to purchase the freehold of the property their flats were situated in .
There is no such thing as a ‘no fault’ divorce, where both parties can agree to end their marriage without the need to assign blame. At present the only ground for divorce is that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. In order to prove this a petitioner must satisfy to the court one or more
ON BAILIFF’S EVICTIONS UNTIL 31 MARCH 2021 On 10 March 2021, the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced that the current Stay on bailiff enforced evictions, which was set to expire on 31 March 2021, has now been extended until 31 May 2021. This means that the current requirement for landlords to provide their Tenants
ON BAILIFF’S EVICTIONS UNTIL 31 MARCH 2021 The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, has announced that the Stay on Bailiff’s Possession Warrants which had been set to end on 21 February 2021 will now be extended until at least 31 March 2021. He said the move was to ensure renters remain protected “during this difficult time”
I would like to reassure our clients, contacts and friends that Prince Evans remains open for business during this lockdown. The office is now closed, subject to a skeleton staff and all our professionals and support staff are working remotely from home, with full access to our secure systems and database and have the ability
Our front of house will reopen on Monday 7 December. To reiterate, our Front of House and ground floor interview rooms are open for pre-booked appointments only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between the hours of 11am and 3pm; such appointments are where a face to face meetings are necessary, otherwise all ‘meetings’ will continue
I would like to reassure our clients, contacts and friends that Prince Evans remains open for business during this second Lockdown. The office is now closed, subject to a skeleton staff and all our professionals and support staff are working remotely from home, with full access to our secure systems and database and have the
In our previous blog of 17th September 2020 we advised that the Government intended to exercise a “winter truce” so that renters were not evicted over the winter period. The Government did not immediately provide details of the relevant dates. The Ministry of Justice has now advised that guidance will be issued to bailiffs instructing that they
