Almost everyone has returned from a holiday feeling deeply disappointed, but a right to compensation by no means necessarily follows. However, in one case, a couple whose £20,000 polar cruise...
Continue readingTensions simmer within many families and, when making your will, you may wish to keep its contents secret from your loved ones so as to avoid feeding the fire. As...
Continue readingWith widely differing degrees of success, many enthusiastic investors buy and sell shares on their own account in the hope of boosting their incomes – but can such activities be...
Continue readingIn cases where even a succession of stiff prison sentences has failed to bring about compliance with court orders, what is a judge to do? A family judge faced exactly...
Continue readingFailing to make reasonable provision for your dependants in your will is to positively invite discord between your loved ones after you are gone. That was certainly so in the...
Continue readingLandowners should sit up and take notice of the Court of Appeal’s ground-breaking decision to award thousands of pounds in compensation to a property investor, the value of whose land...
Continue readingDiscerning where an individual is domiciled for tax purposes can involve delving far back into his or her family history. In a case on point, a tax tribunal’s inquiries began...
Continue readingAny proposal for a child to have gender surgery is likely to be subject to close judicial scrutiny. In opening the way for a teenager to undergo a double mastectomy...
Continue readingIn rare and exceptional cases, family courts have to intervene to protect the welfare of children even before they are brought into the world. A judge did just that in...
Continue readingTo make a valid will, you need a certain level of mental capacity. However, as a High Court ruling showed, a flawless memory is not required and those suffering from...
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