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Assets, divorce & future earnings 27 Jun 2011 | 09:04 pm
Future earnings and divorce A recent Court Of Appeal decision on divorce makes it clear that whilst there are many factors the courts must and in some cases must take into account in determining fina...
Undue Influence – a new case 27 Jun 2011 | 08:35 am
Challenging a will – not easy Aside from dependency claims based on being a close relative and having a financial need for provision which has not been taken into account in a will, it is not easy to...
Personal circumstances should not affect Planning Approval 27 May 2011 | 08:48 pm
A Council has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman for a sympathetic approach to a planning application which involved an elderly and disabled person, stating that a Council's procedures ...
Defective Wording Does Not Remove Liability 26 May 2011 | 08:06 pm
When a document contains errors, the court will often act to ensure that commercial common sense dictates its interpretation. In a recent case, a farmer sought to avoid an estate rentcharge for ro...
Charity Trustees Given Financial Crime Awareness Warning 25 May 2011 | 05:13 am
Charity Trustees have been reminded of the need to be aware of the possibility that their charity may be used for financial crime, with the National Fraud Authority estimating that annual losses to ch...
No-Shows – ECJ Rules No Vat Due 24 May 2011 | 09:56 pm
A recent decision of the European Court of Justice will come as good news for hard-pressed hoteliers and has led to HM Revenue and Customs issuing new guidance on deposits. The decision confirms that...
Trade Mark – Whole, Not Parts of Whole, is What Matters 23 May 2011 | 08:04 pm
The High Court has confirmed that a trade mark refers to the general impression given by the mark, not to the details of the mark and this can include auditory and conceptual factors as well as purely...
If it is in the Sky, It is Weather! 21 May 2011 | 03:58 am
The Financial Services Ombudsman has refused to refer a test case involving a travel insurance claim to the court in order to determine whether the volcanic ash cloud which caused so much disruption t...
Redundancy selection criteria 21 May 2011 | 03:42 am
Second guessing employers actions A long established principle running through much of English employment law is the principle that it is not an Employment Tribunal’s role to second guess the actions...
Two Flats are Not a Residence 20 May 2011 | 03:27 am
When a family is being housed, the provision of separate, self-cont ained flats with no common living areas does not mean that accommodation had been made available such that the members of the applic...
