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The services involving law-related matters such as the issuing of legal opinion,filing and pleading, as well as the issuing and defending of law suits among many others.
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admiralty court
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
Part of the High Court. An admiralty claim is a claim for the arrest of a ship at sea to satisfy a debt.
admission (including part admissions)
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
A party involved in a claim may admit the truth of all or part of the other party’s case, at any stage during proceedings. For example, a defendant may agree that he or she owes ...
adoption
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
An act by which the rights and duties of the natural parents of a child are extinguished and equivalent rights and duties become vested in the adopter or adopters, to whom the ...
adultery
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not the spouse, while the marriage is still valid. This is a common fact relied on for divorce
allocation
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
The process by which a judge assigns a defended civil case, to one of three case management tracks, the small claims track, the fast track or the multi-track
allocation questionnaire
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
A case (claim) is allocated to a case management track, when an allocation questionnaire has been returned completed by the people involved (parties) in the case. Reponses to the ...
alternative dispute resolution
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
These are schemes such as arbitration and mediation which are designed to allow parties to find a resolution to their problem, without legal action. A party’s refusal to consider ...
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