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The payment or collection of proceeds after trading a security. Settlement usually takes place some time after the deal and price are agreed.
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Considerations when dealing with litigants in person—checklist Issue Comment Link to Lexis+® UK guidance/external links To what extent is a represented party required to assist a litigant in person? A legal representative’s paramount duty is to the court and to the administration of justice. Subject to that, the legal representative’s duty is to the client. Practice Note: Litigants in person—general considerations, resources and regulators' guidanceThe Law Society—Litigants in person: guidelines for lawyers, paras 7–9Legal Services Act 2007, s 1(3) A legal representative must not abuse their position by taking unfair advantage of a litigant in person but there is no obligation to help a litigant in person run their case or to take any action on a litigant in person’s behalf. Practice Note: Litigants in person—general considerations, resources and regulators' guidanceSRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs, para 1.2SRA Code of Conduct for Firms, para 1.2The Law Society—Litigants in person: guidelines for lawyers, para 18 When exercising its powers of case management, the court must consider whether...
Responding to a freezing injunction—checklist This Checklist provides a suggested approach for dealing with and responding to a freezing injunction. It is intended as a starting point, listing various key matters which you should consider when preparing your client’s response. It is assumed that: • the freezing injunction was granted pre-action and without notice, and • your client is the defendant in the underlying substantive claim For further guidance on freezing injunctions generally, see Practice Notes: • Freezing injunctions—guiding principles • Freezing injunctions—the application • Freezing injunctions—the draft order Ensuring you have all the necessary documentation The applicant should have provided the following documentation (at the very least): • the application notice • the affidavit(s) in support • the sealed order • a transcript of the hearing • the skeleton argument (if one was used at the hearing) If any of the above documents are missing, ask the applicant’s solicitors for them as a matter of urgency. You will need all of the documents relied upon at the without notice...
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Quantum database general damages uplifts—flowchart This flowchart explains the figures in the General Damages (PSLA) Today’s Value field. As well as inflation, this field takes into account the Heil v Rankin ([2000] 3 All ER 138) uplift and/or the Simmons v Castle ([2012] EWCA Civ 1288) uplift, where they are relevant. This ensures that the General Damages (PSLA) Today’s Value field provides practitioners with an accurately updated general damages figure. Note: The Simmons v Castle uplift has not been added
Procedural guide—applications for a financial remedy: final hearing (standard procedure) This Procedural Guide sets out steps for the standard procedure under the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, Pt 9, Ch 4 (SI 2010/2955, 9.12–9.17). For practical guidance on proceedings to which the fast-track procedure under FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, Pt 9, Ch 5 (SI 2010/2955, 9.18–9.21A) applies, see Practice Note: Fast-track (shortened) financial remedy procedure. A ‘Statement on the efficient conduct of financial remedy hearings in the Financial Remedies Court below High Court judge level’ was issued in January 2022 by the Financial Remedies Court national lead judge, Mostyn J, and the deputy national lead judge, HHJ Hess, together with a Primary Principles document (replacing the previous Good Practice Guide) and templates for a composite case summary and schedule of assets and income. See Practice Notes: The Financial Remedies Court, Financial remedy proceedings allocated below High Court judge level and Evidential issues for the final hearing of an application for a financial remedy. For practical guidance on...
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Where a settlement agreement provides for the employer to make a contribution to the employee’s legal costs, payable direct to the employee’s law firm, can the law firm bring proceedings against the employer if it fails to pay? For information on: • the legal requirements that must be met for a settlement agreement to be binding and valid to settle statutory employment claims, see Practice Note: Settlement agreements in employment—legal requirements • the practical issues that typically arise in relation to a settlement agreement, see Practice Note: Settlement agreements in employment—practical and tax issues Contribution to legal costs A settlement agreement will typically provide for the employer to make a contribution to the employee’s legal costs. For general information on payment of legal fees incurred by an employee in relation to a settlement agreement generally, see the section of Practice Note: Settlement agreements in employment—practical and tax issues entitled ‘Payment for legal advice’. For a sample clause in the settlement agreement dealing with payment of legal fees, see Clause 13.2...
In relation to promissory notes, is it possible to record the discharge of the note obligations in manuscript on the note itself? Does the release wording need to acknowledge the manner in which the note obligations were discharged? Would an agreement for the note obligations to be transferred to a specific party and discharged by way of set-off undermine their legal status as promissory notes? We refer you to the following which you may find useful for your purposes. • Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes (2000) 5 JIBFL 168 As the above article discusses, many instruments which are called a promissory note fail to meet the statutory criteria for being a promissory note eg because there is a floating rate of interest or other payment obligation which makes the amount to be paid by the obligor not a sum certain. See section 83 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (BEA 1882). If any provision of the instrument takes the instrument outside of the definition...
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