John Charman, the husband in the biggest contested divorce settlement in the UK, has defeated an appeal by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) against a court order refusing disclosure of his court documents. In 2006, Mr Charman was ordered to transfer to his...
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As the law stood before April 2012, it was possible for the purchaser of a commercial building to claim capital allowances in respect of plant, etc. even if the previous owner had not made a claim. Rather surprisingly, such claims, which cover items such as...
The Supreme Court has ruled that a daughter cannot succeed to a tenancy after the death of her mother because the right of succession belongs to her estranged father. The woman’s parents became tenants in 1967 and the freehold of the property they...
The Government has published its draft rules on directors’ remuneration , which are scheduled to take effect from October 2013. The new rules will apply to companies listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and on specified foreign...
When another firm uses a trading style that you think is a copy of yours, you might consider that an action for ‘passing off’ is appropriate. Passing off occurs when a business represents itself in a way that causes buyers to confuse it with...
The weaker position of cohabitants, compared with surviving spouses and civil partners, in claims brought under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (FAA), was highlighted in a recent High Court case . In July 2008, 28-year-old Alan Winters was killed at work...
An Italian man who thought he had won £650,000 playing an online game that turned out to be affected by a software bug will get none of his winnings after a judge ruled that Surrey-based Eurobet UK Ltd. had no contractual obligation to pay him. Bruno...
Property developers who fell out when a large-scale residential and commercial project was hit by the credit crunch have had their contract dispute resolved by a High Court judge . The claimant and the defendant contracted to construct the mixed...
A bankrupt who is entitled to obtain a pension simply by asking for it cannot seek to have it protected from his creditors, the High Court ruled recently. The bankrupt had a pension policy which he was entitled to take, but he had chosen not to do so...
An accountancy firm, one of whose corporate clients was dissolved last year, did not owe a duty of care to an indirect investor who was left nursing losses of more than $52 million, the High Court has ruled. The investing company had advanced substantial...
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