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Rights of way can be a source of burning grievance, and that was certainly so in one case in which a town council's treatment of a company in respect of an access route to a residential flat was branded 'unconscionable' by the Court of Appeal. The company...

Everyone knows how fallible memory can be and also how easy it is to come to believe things that are not true. Normally, such aberrations are of little consequence, but they played a part in a recent case in which the will of a woman who suffered from...

Hard on the heels of the announcement that the amount of bank deposits guaranteed to be reimbursed in the event of the failure of a covered financial institution is to be reduced from £85,000 to £75,000 from 1 January 2016 comes the news that,...

A recent case on company valuation may well end up being of great interest to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as well as the two directors involved. It concerned a company which operated a restaurant. When the directors fell out, in order to enable one...

Opponents of proposals by the Government to require mesothelioma sufferers to pay court fees of up to £10,000 to fund their claims against those responsible for them having contracted the terminal disease have won a victory which will benefit all...

When a husband and wife split up, they amicably decided that maintenance would be paid by the husband to the wife for five years and agreed between themselves the main details of their other financial arrangements, leaving only some aspects to go before the...

When companies operating in the same field use similar names, the result can be legal fireworks. That was certainly so in the case of rival furniture retailers, one of which was found by the High Court to have caused public confusion . The Sofa Workshop...

Arguments over rights of access to land are very common, and a recent case shows the importance of the wording under which a right is granted. It involved a piece of land which had been conveyed 'with the benefit of all liberties privileges and advantages...

Although VAT as a tax is based on quite tightly worded rules, it certainly has its pitfalls, especially in the property arena. In a recent case , a university was left facing a large VAT bill when it decided to go ahead with a new building for its...

Charities are well known for taking robust action when they consider that their interests have been impaired. In no case is this more obvious than when a charity discovers that a legacy which it has been expecting to receive under a will is at risk. In a ...