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Behaviour Covenant is for Reasonable Period

When the operator of a mobile home park sought to evict a tenant on the ground that he had committed acts of anti-social behaviour, the Court could not accept that it was reasonable to terminate his licence to station his mobile home on the site when the...

Company Data Breaches Lead to £150,000 Fine

A company which failed to take adequate steps to secure its website against hackers has been hit with a £150,000 financial penalty after a malicious fraudster managed to download personal data relating to its customers, including more than a million...

Licence Restored for Pensioner Who Missed Junction

It is not uncommon for elderly drivers to be required to undertake driving competence tests after they have been involved in an accident which is deemed to be their fault. In an important boost for pensioners keen to maintain their motorised independence...

HMRC Targets Horsebox Owners

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have long been aware that business owners sometimes try to claim tax relief as a business expense on what are essentially items of private expenditure. Recently, it has been reported that owners of horseboxes are being targeted...

Order Copies of Wills Online

The Government has announced that copies of wills and grants of probate can be obtained online or by post. Each record of probate will cost £10. It is intended that new grants of probate will be available online within 14 days of issue and postal...

How restrictive covenants can add value to your land

It is often the case that planning law does not provide the degree of protection that residents might want in the face of unwelcome development of land in the immediate neighbourhood. In such circumstances, the existence of restrictive covenants in the title...

Fencing Disrepair Blocks Lease Termination

Tenants are required to comply with the covenants in their leases and breaches of lease covenants can have serious implications, as a recent case shows. It involved a tenant (a car sales and repair business) that wished to end its lease, which ran for ten...

Builders Next Door Stopped in Tracks

If you are facing misery at the hands of builders working close by, a recent case shows that you are not powerless and that the law can protect householders plagued by building works on neighbouring properties. The case concerned a homeowner who was...

Misled Directors Earn Rights in Company

A one-armed businessman, who went to war with his former friends over control of a successful talent agency for amputee stuntmen, has been criticised by a judge for his determination to ‘jealously and selfishly’ guard his own financial interests....

Allegations Cut No Ice in Court

A 'spiteful and wicked' husband, who branded his wife a psychopath in the midst of their £5.6 million divorce, has been hit hard in the pocket after a judge condemned him as a man who 'stops at nothing' to get what he wants . The man claimed that his...
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