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Insurers do not always pay claims promptly and without question. Indeed, the courts deal on a regular basis with disputes between claimants who have made a claim under their insurance policies and insurers that have refused to pay out under the policies. ...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have published new guidance intended to help personal service companies determine their correct employment status . HMRC will take a risk-based approach to consider how likely it is that they need to check whether IR35 applies...

Second marriages are fruitful ground for disputes over estates and when the widow of a Sheffield multi-millionaire claimed against his £6 million estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 , her claim was challenged by...

Global search giant Google has found itself in hot water over a decision to rewrite its privacy policies into a single document covering all of its services. Various European agencies have condemned the move as being against European law. EU Justice...

The Court of Appeal recently ruled in a case which asked whether fatherhood is sufficient to warrant contact with a child and decided that the answer is ‘no’. The case was unusual. It involved a married couple who wanted to have a child but...

When a lease on commercial premises comes under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA), the grounds on which the landlord may oppose the tenant’s application for a new lease when the lease expires are limited. One of the grounds that is available to...

A recent case in which the owners of a farm faced ruin because their property was saddled with an ancient responsibility to maintain the local church received a great deal of publicity, and has prompted a change in the applicable law. So-called...

Following an earlier announcement that it intended to promote private-sector led challenges to anti-competitive behaviour, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a consultation on ways to facilitate private actions in competition...

A farmer’s son who worked in the family farming business his whole life without receiving a proper wage was promised that he would inherit the farm when his father died. However, the relationship between the two men soured in 2006, after the father had...

The newspapers recently reported the sad case of Geoffrey Hough, an elderly man from Salford, Manchester, whose life savings of £56,000 had been fraudulently spent by his son-in-law. Mr Hough suffered from dementia and had apparently been tricked into...