Legal aid (criminal)

Legal aid (criminal)

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Ancillary relief

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Additional claims (e.g. in respect of maintenance) attached to the petition for divorce/judicial separation/nullity

Amount offered in satisfaction

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An amount of money offered by a defendant to pay a debt or to settle another type of claim, for example in a personal injury case

Appellant

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A person appealing to a higher court or body against a decision made in a lower court or body

Bail

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Release of a defendant from custody, until his/her next appearance in Court, subject sometimes to security being given and/or compliance with certain conditions.

Bailiff

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Bailiffs and enforcement officers are people authorised to remove and sell possessions in order to pay the money a debtor owes to a person or an organisation. They may also conduct evitions, and ...

Insolvent - unable to pay creditors and having all goods/effects administered by a liquidator or trustee and sold for the benefit of those creditors; as a result of an order under the Insolvency Act ...

Attachment of earnings order

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An order that instructs an employer to deduct a regular amount, fixed by the court, from a debtor's earnings and to pay that money into court. The court pays the money to the person or people to whom ...