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The law offers a way of protecting land that is used as a local amenity in order to ensure that it can be enjoyed for generations to come. Where land has been used by local people ‘as of right’ for recreational purposes for at least 20 years, it...

The economic value of a well-known brand having a registered trade mark is illustrated by two recent court cases involving British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), US IT giant Microsoft and free Internet phone service Skype. Microsoft launched a cloud-based data...

A school janitor from Inverclyde who lost his job after he suffered leg and back injuries when he slipped on a frozen surface at work has been awarded £30,000 in damages . Stephen McKeown, 61, was covering for a colleague at another school when the...

If you are concerned about the future mental capacity of a relative or any other person with whom you have a joint bank account, it makes sense to consider setting up the appropriate power(s) of attorney. The British Bankers’ Association’s...

The use of certain names for companies etc. has been restricted for a very long time – the restrictions on ‘sensitive’ names being intended to reduce the likelihood that a person is misled into thinking that they are dealing with an...

When a couple break up, the division of the assets they own is often problematic, whether they are married or not. In a recent case, the Court of Appeal was asked to consider the appropriate division of assets when a couple broke up after being together...

Rushing into litigation with insufficient preparation and without taking advice can have unfortunate consequences. This simple fact was demonstrated when the owners of a restaurant, who claimed that their business had been blighted by, amongst other things,...

A couple who bought a newly-built home for more than £770,000 – only to discover that the construction guarantee that came with it was not worth the paper it was written on – have been awarded more than £50,000 in damages by the High...

The UK tax system has traditionally exempted any profit on the sale of a person’s principal private residence (PPR) from Capital Gains Tax (CGT). The exemption applies to make any gain accruing during periods of use as a PPR exempt from charge. A...

Anyone who files a VAT return will know that for some time HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have insisted that these are filed online. This presents particular challenges for the visually impaired, those who have difficulty using a keyboard and people who lack...