It is common for people to appoint a family member as their attorney to manage their affairs for them should they become unable to do so. However, unless there is a specific 'charging clause' in the document appointing the attorney, they cannot charge for...
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Recent cases show the importance of being in possession of all the relevant facts and carrying out thorough research before making a trade mark application or taking action to protect your intellectual property rights. In the first , the EU General Court...
It might be thought by many that money laundering is an esoteric crime that is practised only by professionals in positions of authority or influence, but this is not so. Money laundering supports terrorism, drug dealing and other unlawful activities and,...
In recent years, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have created a series of very generous 'disclosure windows' to allow people who have undisclosed assets in tax havens to reveal their existence voluntarily and thereby avoid both prosecution and the full extent...
Basement extensions have become hugely controversial, particularly in Central London, and that was certainly so in one case in which the French Government tried to block such a development in the heart of the capital's diplomatic quarter. The long...
In general, employers can be held 'vicariously liable' for the actions of their employees, in the course of their employment, where these cause damage to other people. A recent case has confirmed , however, that the principle cannot be extended to foster...
A farmer has failed in his attempt to set off his farming losses against his other income when the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) found that his property income was not part of the same trade as his farming business and therefore farming losses could not be...
With a steady and increasing trickle of cases involving the misappropriation of assets by attorneys appointed by people who have lost the ability to look after their own affairs, the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has published a 'safeguarding policy'...
Just because a document is not properly executed does not mean that all rights are necessarily lost, as a recent case in the Supreme Court illustrates. It involved a bank which had a mortgage over a family home. The family wished to pay off debts and...
The much publicised case in which the Court of Protection ruled that clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) could lawfully be withdrawn from a patient with multiple sclerosis who was in a 'minimally conscious state' has been hailed as a...
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