In effect, mini hearings held at the employment tribunal.

They are as formal as a final hearing and all necessary documents and witness statements must be disclosed before the hearing takes place. It is also important that all witnesses are in attendance.

Often held to:

decide the preliminary issues in a case;
decide whether the claim or response should be struck out;
decide questions of entitlement to bring or defend a claim or decide if either party’s case has no reasonable prospect of success.

The condition or situation where the individual’s healthcare needs are regarded are more than merely incidental or ancillary to their social care needs, making them eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare. The National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care confirms that the nature, intensity, complexity or unpredictability of a person’s care needs are key characteristics of a Primary Health Need, and they may, alone or in combination, evidence eligibility.

A road maintained by property owners rather than by the local authority. The property owners need to have rights over it as it is not necessarily a public access.

The process of dealing with the estate of someone who has died.

The Court which grants executors and administrators the right to administer deceased people’s estates, and also hears cases where estates are in dispute (contentious probate).

An Order of the Court preventing you from doing something in relation to a child e.g. taking a child abroad.

Evidence, or argument establishing fact.

Orders governing the transfer of property within divorce/associated financial remedy proceedings and/or civil partnership proceedings consequent upon the breakdown of civil partnership.

This is a questionnaire about the property completed by the sellers. It covers such items as guarantees, neighbour disputes and boundaries.

To conduct legal proceedings again a person/ or organisation.

Mental health medical professional with a specific qualification in psychiatry.

Pertaining to mental and emotional health, as opposed to physical.

Mental or emotional abuse.

Mental health medical professional whose specific qualification is in psychology.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder- medically diagnosed mental health condition.

The buying of a property.

See buyer.

The amount of compensation that the tribunal will award the claimant if they win their case.

Written form requesting the employer for information in a discrimination case.

Land or buildings you own – tangible, immovable property, as opposed to chattels/personal property.