A trust that lasts beyond the life of the person who created it (the settlor).

The form of legal agreement prepared in duplicate for signature by the seller and buyer setting out all the legal rights and obligations agreed between them.

A tribunal may reduce a claimant’s compensation if their pre-dismissal conduct was relevant in the dismissal. The tribunal cannot take into account post dismissal conduct in determining contributory fault.

Claims for compensation normally rely on the common law of negligence. For example, a car driver owes a common law duty to other road users to drive carefully. In the event of an accident, however, often more than one person is at fault because they have been negligent. In those circumstances, the Court can apportion blame between those involved. This is most often expressed as a percentage. For example, if each party was equally to blame the apportionment of contributory negligence would be 50% to each party.

A document transferring ownership of an unregistered property from one person to another.

The legal work needed to buy and sell properties.

A criminal conviction, such as a caution, reprimand, fine, order or prison sentence.

Evidence, either written or oral, which supports what you say.

The agreement used by ACAS and signed by all parties to record a settlement once it has been agreed.

A barrister.

A person who provides therapy, generally for mental health issues.

A civil court which historically dealt with most aspects of financial claims and and children cases following separation/divorce - now known as the family court but often in the same building as the County Court. The court also deals with other civil claims such as those arising from road traffic accidents and recovery of debts.

For CICA claims this would be a tribunal hearing – when the case is assessed by a judge.

The Court which has jurisdiction over the financial affairs and welfare of those who do not have capacity to make decisions for themselves.

Legal obligations contained in a Deed.

A physical attack or any other act or omission of a violent nature which causes physical injury to a person; or a threat against a person, causing fear of immediate violence; a sexual assault or arson.

Part of the Ministry of Justice – a government body set up to administer the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, make decision about compensation as a result of crimes of violence, and make awards of compensation.

the process of questioning your opponent’s witnesses. The purpose of cross-examination is firstly to establish and advance your own case and secondly to attack the other side’s.

The CPS prosecutes criminal cases which have been investigated by the police.

The term damages is normally used to refer to compensation that a person is entitled to receive. It is often divided between general damages for the injury suffered, and special damages, which are the other financial losses and expenses that relate to the accident and injury.

DSAR is a request to access and receive a copy of personal data, and other supplementary information held by an employer or other body

A person who has passed away.

A document signed by the persons named on the title deeds of a property in which they acknowledge that the property is held in trust either for themselves and or others beneficially setting out the shares in which that the beneficial interest is held.

If an employer reduces or fails to pay wages without agreement in writing this amounts to an unlawful deduction from wages even if the employee owes money to the employer.

The law does not of course remove an employer's right to recover money properly due to him from an employee (e.g. typically to recover an overpayment of expenses or wages). It does however, save in a few special cases, mean that the employer is not allowed to recover the money by taking the law into his own hands and deducting it from future wages without the consent of the employee.