Recently, an arbitrator handed down a costs award in favour of our client following a protracted arbitration hearing. Late last year, the arbitrator had accepted almost entirely our client’s...
Conveyancing is the process of legally transferring the legal title in real property from the vendor to the purchaser.Where the land is already registered (ie not an off...
Family Court Judge registers arbitration award made in favour of Opal Legal’s client. Judge rejects all 15 reasons advanced for non-registration. In a land-mark decision [...]
Lawyers often refer to an offer of settlement being a “Calderbank offer.” The term originates from the English case of Calderbank v Calderbank. Calderbank was a case litigated under...
In the recent past, there has been ongoing controversy and debate about the fees being charged by family lawyers. One newspaper report has suggested that the government is likely...
The country’s highest court has ruled that orders obtained by a husband in divorce proceedings in a Dubai court did not preclude his wife from pursing property and spousal...
Payments for child support are based on a formula which takes into account each parent’s income, the number of children and the child’s living arrangements. The child support section of...
An interim hearing is a mini hearing before the final hearing in a case. A party asks the court for interim orders where there is some urgency to resolve...
