EPA. A legal document which appoints attorneys to help manage your property and financial affairs. EPAs made before October 2007 are still valid but since the Mental Capacity Act 2005, if you want to make a new Power of Attorney, you must make a Lasting Power of Attorney.

A search against a property to check whether there is any record kept to suggest that the property may be affected by contamination.

Equal Pay Claims can be brought by both employees and self-employed people who have been contracted to execute work personally.

If a person is considering making an equal pay claim they must have a real life comparator of the opposite sex who is earning more than them, but is doing:

1. like work;
2. work related as equivalent; or
3. work of equal value.

A beneficial interest in real property (buildings and land) that gives you the right to acquire legal title to the property. Equitable title holders cannot transfer legal title to real property but they derive benefits from the property's appreciation in value. As opposed to a legal interest.

Usually means the difference between the value of a property and the amount owned to the mortgagee.

Assets belonging to a deceased person forms their estate.

Standard form on which the claimant must submit their claim.

Standard form on which the respondent must submit their response.

The body of facts or information available to show that something is the case.

Sum of money paid where there is no obligation or liability to pay it.

The formal exchanging of the two parts of the contract when the seller and buyer become legally bound to complete on an agreed date and, in the case of the seller, to move out of the property.

A will which has been signed, dated and witnessed correctly.

The people you choose to follow the instructions in your will and administer your estate.

The family section of the Magistrates Court where family cases are heard by a bench of Magistrates supported by a Legal Adviser.

An accident causing the death of one or more of those involved.

A Financial Dispute Resolution hearing relates to finances and is one where both parties are encouraged by the court to come to an agreement. FDRs can also take place privately outside of the court system.

The Final Order following pronouncement of your Conditional Order on divorce which means are you free to marry or enter into a new civil partnership.

Can be sorted out by agreement, or by Order of the Court upon application, but will not automatically be dealt with by the court as part of the divorce process.