If you are facing an investigation by the tax authorities, your very first step should be to seek professional advice. One taxpayer who sadly chose not to take that course,...
Continue readingPublic confidence in the civil justice system would collapse if court orders were not rigorously enforced – however agonising complying with them may be. The point was made by a...
Continue readingWhen a property development involving a building that is listed or in a conservation area is undertaken, it is reasonable for the contractor employed to do the work to assume...
Continue readingThe whole purpose of the civil justice system is to achieve just and final resolution of frequently intractable disputes – and, as a guideline Court of Appeal decision in an...
Continue readingWhen HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) find out that tax has been under-declared, the response is normally to raise a ‘discovery assessment’ to collect the tax due. This is usually...
Continue readingSurprisingly, nearly 250,000 people go missing in the UK every year. Leaving aside the heartache and worry this causes, until recent changes in the law it also created an appalling...
Continue readingCohabiting couples are the fastest-growing family type in the UK, according to newly released figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The ONS reports that the number of...
Continue readingIt is in the nature of litigation that the losing party frequently feels that the judge was wrong and the outcome unjust. However, a case in which a householder repeatedly...
Continue readingA lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a document that may be used so that the finances or other issues of a person who cannot deal with them themselves may...
Continue readingMany vulnerable people who fall into debt are tempted to raise cash on the security of their homes. However, a case in which an elderly couple came within an ace...
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