A revised Shareholder Rights Directive has recently been published that will give shareholders greater rights in the determination of executive pay. The proposed measures will apply to listed companies and, among many changes, will allow shareholders to...
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The Assisted Dying Bill was recently debated in the House of Lords and appears to have a better chance of becoming law than three similar Bills introduced into Parliament in the last decade. The latest Bill is the response to a 2012 report from the...
The relaxation of permitted development rights will mean that many holders of agricultural land will be able to develop buildings on their properties for residential purposes. In many cases the gains on such developments will be exempt from Capital Gains...
When an elderly woman died and left her entire estate to her window cleaner, rather than the nephew who had looked after her for a very long period of time, a challenge to her will was always likely. The nephew claimed that the woman had promised to leave...
The High Court has lamented the expenditure of almost £1 million in legal costs by a warring ex-couple whose acrimonious divorce had descended into a murky world of lies, private detectives, hidden assets and mutual accusations of skulduggery and...
Just because a new software product produces the same results, operates in a similar fashion or looks similar to pre-existing software does not mean that the copyright in the original software has been infringed. When the owner of a sophisticated business...
In a test case that entailed a lengthy analysis of the law of nuisance , a water company whose sewer was blocked by concrete in a freak accident has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that it is entitled to compensation for its loss. A construction...
Many court battles arise because of a lack of clarity in documentation which leaves an agreement capable of being interpreted in more than one way. A recent case , which involved a landowner's access to his property, illustrates this point. The conveyance...
In a case which revealed that alternative dispute resolution is not always a panacea , the Court of Appeal has lamented the 'melancholy fact' that the parties to an apparently commonplace commercial dispute were still engaged in costly litigation more than...
When an organisation fails to follow its own rules, the result can be the nullification of decisions taken and, in appropriate circumstances, those who have transgressed the rules can be liable for their mistakes. Recently, the Court of Appeal was called...
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