A recent case dealt with the issues surrounding the respective rights of a parent and child in unusual circumstances. The natural father of the child wished to join in the proceedings to oppose his son being adopted. The unusual feature was that the...
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An 80-year-old woman’s will has been declared invalid by the High Court on the ground that she was suffering a grief reaction following the deaths of her husband and her twin brother when she signed it. The woman did not, at the time in question,...
Following hard upon an announcement by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are to supply information about accounts held in their financial institutions by UK residents comes the news that a clutch of Caribbean tax...
Blogging is becoming increasingly common and there is a widespread belief that ‘anything goes’ on the Internet. However, this is not the case – as a woman who criticised a council chief executive found out to her cost. The chief executive...
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has now received Royal Assent. One of the more important changes for industry is that creative designs which are used in an industrial process will be protected for the life of the creator plus 70 years. The...
A firm of surveyors which carried out valuations that overstated the value of three properties found itself defending an action for negligence recently. The surveyors had issued valuations on which a mortgage lender had relied when approving loans. The High...
Many countries charge the equivalent of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on the profits made when a person’s private residence is sold. The UK does not. In addition, the availability of an election as to which residence is to be treated as the ‘principal...
When a council tenant is a significant nuisance to their neighbours, it is common for the council to seek possession of the tenant’s property. Where the tenant’s behaviour is sufficiently objectionable, a possession order will normally be...
When someone is appointed under a power of attorney, their obligations can be onerous enough without the person who appointed them (the donor) trying to impose restrictions on their ability to undertake certain acts. So, when attorneys appointed (with joint...
We tend to think that consumer protection legislation applies only to normal retail transactions, but a recent case illustrates that it can also bite when sales of very large items (in this case a defective ship) are made between business customers. The...
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