When a business owner applied for planning permission for a garden centre, the local authority put a condition on the planning permission that details of the goods to be sold had to be approved by it before trade commenced. The business owner complied with...
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A recent case concerned the estate of a woman who died in 2008 aged 98. One of her sons had lived with her during the final three years of her life after she had suffered a fall. She made a will in 2006, which left her house to him and divided the bulk of...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have announced a change in treatment regarding the law covering National Insurance Contributions (NICs) as it applies to ‘sleeping’ and inactive limited partners. HMRC now consider that sleeping partners and...
With ever increasing global travel, child custody cases which have an international aspect are becoming more common. These in turn can raise questions as to which country’s legal system should assume the responsibility for deciding the issues. A ...
When a deal is done by which one side gives the other a covenant or guarantee which applies for a period after completion, the value of that covenant or guarantee will depend on a number of factors, the principal one of which is probably the financial...
A former jockey has won £58,000 in compensation for injuries he suffered at Cheltenham racecourse when his horse fell at the first hurdle. Philip Hide’s horse skidded and fell at the outer end of the hurdle, causing him to be thrown against one...
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has collaborated with Swansea University and IP Wales, a business support initiative aimed at helping Welsh companies and individuals to take advantage of their intellectual property (IP) rights, to produce an IP...
When a divorcing husband and wife ran up legal costs of more than £150,000 disputing the division of family assets amounting to little more than £200,000, the judge hearing the case described himself as ‘appalled’. In the initial...
Under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013 , the regime covering the late payment of commercial debts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has been changed from 16 March 2013 in respect of contracts entered into on or after that date. In...
Members of a prominent family who borrowed more than £50 million on the security of a high-end portfolio of London properties have failed to convince the High Court that they were unfairly treated by their bank . Opening the way for the bank to seek...
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