Company Owner’s Negligible Value Claim Unsuccessful
When an asset falls in value to the point that it is almost worthless, it may be possible to make a negligible value claim under Section 24 of the Taxation...
Continue readingA Scottish charity, Enable Scotland, has given an undertaking to take specific action to improve its compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) after two unencrypted memory sticks and...
Continue readingWhen a securities trader exploited a defect in automated trading software to make a considerable profit on a series of small trades made over a year, he probably thought he...
Continue readingThe Chancellor’s Budget this year was set in the context of mixed economic data and business confidence reports. The economy continues its sluggish course, aided by a softening of the...
Continue readingThere is a general rule that an action to claim damages for personal injury must be brought within three years of the claimant becoming aware of his or her injury. ...
Continue readingThe Court of Appeal recently decided on a claim for nuisance and its decision contained some interesting logic: in essence, implying that what would be classed as a nuisance in...
Continue readingAlthough roads and pavements cannot be guaranteed to be kept safe to use at all times (for example, during exceptionally cold weather, when ice can form quickly), the authority responsible...
Continue readingIn a late addition to the Finance Bill, Chancellor Alistair Darling has proposed two new taxes, both said to be based on a desire to have a ‘greener and healthier’...
Continue readingA recent case illustrates the point that where a personal injury claim is anticipated, it is important to commence the claim promptly and not to adopt a ‘wait and see’...
Continue readingAn interesting attempt at a defence came to nothing in a recent traffic accident case. It involved a driver who, having missed his turning, decided to do...
Continue readingCases involving personal injury when both parties are ‘in the wrong’ present a particular problem when it comes to determining the apportionment of responsibility for (and therefore the amount of...
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