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A divorcee who considered that her husband had set up a trust in order to defeat her claims for a financial settlement on divorce has obtained the agreement of the High Court that the documentation relating to the trust and its proceedings should be...

There is a common belief that fairness is a concept that pervades the law, including tax law. However, a recent tax case shows that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not necessarily agree. The case involved a man who joined a new employer and received a...

When the trustees of a charity agreed a severance payment for a departing senior officer without taking professional advice, their decision was clearly open to criticism. The trustees of the Glasgow East Regeneration Agency had agreed to pay the outgoing...

In an important decision for residential landlords, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled that it is legitimate to levy reasonable administration charges (£165 in this case) on tenants to cover the costs entailed in granting lease assignments even where...

A company that made substantial losses on the distribution of fragrances bearing the name of a well-known football club has triumphed in a High Court breach of contract claim . The company had been induced to enter into the distribution agreement by false...

A homeowner who was fined £960 after he failed to comply with a local authority enforcement notice requiring him to demolish an unauthorised extension to his property has lost an appeal against his conviction and financial penalty. The Court of Appeal...

When a cloth pattern was copied and used by another business for its own fabrics, the woollen mill which owns the pattern took action to stop it. The pattern was not a registered trade mark so the action was brought using the law of copyright. In the UK,...

If you sign a will that is incorrectly drafted, you may think it would be a simple matter for the will to be amended after your death. Regrettably, this is often not the case. A will can be varied, with the agreement of all the beneficiaries affected by the...

One of the most difficult aspects of divorce is often the negotiation of the financial settlement: this can be particularly thorny when there are substantial sums involved. Often, assets are held indirectly, in companies or trusts, which can add to the...

When a landlord granted a lease over a maisonette to a tenant then subsequently alleged that the lease was drafted incorrectly, it took the intervention of the court to decide who was to pay how much for repairs to the property. The landlord claimed that...