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26/08/2023

A Sears Tooth Agreement is an agreement that can be made between you and your solicitors to assist you in funding your divorce and financial remedy matters.

This agreement is a contract, and it allows your solicitor’s legal fees to be paid following the financial settlement received upon divorce.

If you are struggling to pay your legal fees, this is one way in which we can assist you to progress matters further. Contact us today to find out if this is something that can be arranged prior to our instruction.

26/08/2023

We are very pleased to announce that Shahban Solicitors has passed its annual assessment for 2023/2024 maintaining the Lexcel Accreditation once again!

Lexcel Accreditation is the Law Society's mark of excellence in the provision of legal services.

Rest assured, we are a safe pair of hands for your legal matter. Contact us today to book your free 30 minute consultation on 01782 272777.

01/08/2023

The difference between family life and private life applications, is that private life applications are solely based on the applicant’s circumstances.

For leave to remain to be granted on the private life basis, one of the following must apply to the applicant:
• Lived in the UK continuously for 20 years
• A child under the age of 18 who has lived in the UK for continuous 7 years
• If aged between 18-24 and have resided in the UK for half their life or more

If leave to remain is granted on the basis of the applicant’s private life, then they are likely to qualify under the 10 year route to settlement, as opposed to the 5 year route with most family life applications that meet the requirements under the immigration rules.

31/07/2023

Since being granted leave to remain your financial circumstances may have changed.

In this event, you can make an application to change your conditions of leave to allow you access to public funds.

You’ll qualify for an amendment to your conditions of leave only if:

• You’re destitute
• There are compelling reasons relating to the welfare of your child on account of your very low income
• There are exceptional circumstances in your case relating to your financial circumstances
• You are at risk of becoming destitute

28/07/2023

Great news received for our booming immigration department, as one of clients spouse visa applications was granted within 6 weeks!
Client is over the moon and overjoyed to be able to reunite with his. Maintaining our 100% success rate is never easy, but we manage to get the job done every time!

If you have an immigration query get in touch with the experts on 01782 272777.

27/07/2023

On 13th July 2023, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury announced that the immigration health surcharge (IHS) fee will be increasing from £624 to £1,035.

The discounted rate for students and under-18s will increase from £470 to £776.

The increase is to reflect inflation and wider pressures facing the economy and system in general, to ensure the fee is covering the full healthcare costs of the individual.

No date has yet been confirmed as to when the increases will apply.

26/07/2023

When someone dies and a valid will has not been created, any property that falls under the estate of the deceased, will be distributed according to the rules of intestacy.

It is important to understand that the intestacy rules suggests who can benefit under the estate. Some examples of these rules are as follows:

• a husband, wife or civil partner must have survived the deceased by 28 days if they are to be classified as a beneficiary;

• a partner who wasn’t married or in a civil partnership with the deceased at the time of death, has no automatic right to inherit;

• legally adopted sons and daughters are classified as the deceased’s children; however, stepchildren cannot inherit under the intestacy rules;

If you have any questions about intestacy rules and whether you would be classed as a beneficiary under these rules, contact us today to find out more.

25/07/2023

Where a person is too unwell to make decisions for themselves, and another person has to act on their behalf, the Mental Capacity Act sets out a 2 -stage test to check an individual's Capacity before authorisation of another is granted.

The test is as follows:

1) Does the person have an impairment of their mind, whether as a result of an illness, or external factors such as alcohol or drug use?

2) Does the impairment mean the person is unable to make a specific decisions when they need to?

The Mental Capacity Act will consider that an individual is unable to make decisions, if they are not able to do the following:

• understand the information relevant to the decision

• retain that information

• use or weigh up that information as part of the process of making the decision

It is important that this criteria is considered before a decision is made on behalf of another person.

24/07/2023

Right of survivorship is where a property is owned as joint tenants and one of the owners passes away, then the ownership of the property will automatically pass to the surviving owner(s).

This cannot be changed through the terms of the deceased's will or the rules of intestacy, even if the deceased did write a will stating that their interest in the property should be passed on to someone else, this will be overridden by the right of survivorship.

21/07/2023

3. Where the court orders during proceedings that statements are to be served by the parties, a Judge may say that the statements are to be produced concurrently or consecutively.

Concurrent statements are where the statements will be ordered to be served at the same time, by both parties. One advantage of this is that both parties will not have seen the other’s statement until this point, therefore not influencing the information included within the statement. A disadvantage of this is that the parties will then need extra time to respond in detail, to any allegations that have been raised.

On the other hand, consecutive statements refers to statements that are served at different times. This allows time for the parties to consider each other’s statements and respond accordingly, however it may be considered a longer process as documents are not being exchanged on the same day.

20/07/2023

2. The Land Registry holds details of individuals who own a particular property, which can be requested by anyone in order to see the deeds of that property. When requesting the deeds, the document provided will be what is called an official copy.

The official copy includes lots of information including the history of purchase, how much the property was bought for, the title number, charges and restrictive covenants.

Charges generally relate to money owed to someone else which is tied to the property, such as money owed to a mortgage company for example. This information assists to determine whether there are charges affecting the sale of the property.

Restrictive covenants found on the official copy, relate to actions that restrict someone from doing something to the land or the property i.e. building on the land, erecting fences, or allowing the use of a public footpath across the back of the land.

19/07/2023

1. When an order has been approved and sealed by the court, parties to the proceedings will be bound by the terms of the order and are obligated to follow the same.

However, after the order has been made, it may be that the terms of the order become irrelevant due to a change in circumstances. Where this occurs an application called a N244 form can be made to the court to vary the order.

It is important when making an application to vary the order, that the application has sufficient legal reasoning in requesting the court to come away from the previous decision, and making a new order to meet the circumstances of the parties.

If you require assistance in varying a previous court order, contact Shahban Solicitors today.

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

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