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 readingAlthough clients often regard as a nuisance the extensive ‘know your client’ procedures that are required by financial institutions and professional firms, the importance of strict adherence is clear, as...
Continue readingWhen a car hits a pedestrian, it is usual for the driver of the car to be held to be at fault, but this is not always the case. ...
Continue readingParents often let their children live in properties they own on an informal basis. However, one Court of Appeal case stands as a stern warning that the absence of a...
Continue readingJust because you haven’t paid for professional advice doesn’t mean that the person who gave it to you is relieved from liability if it was negligently given. A recent...
Continue readingThe Court of Protection has come to the rescue of an elderly man who wished to have access to his own funds. The man, now aged 87, appointed his...
Continue readingWhen a woman ignored legal advice and lent more than £600,000 to her uncle without taking proper steps to protect herself, the outcome was always likely to be regrettable. ...
Continue readingA new law which provides for prison sentences for people who attempt to torment or exert psychological control over others has come into force and includes online harassment in certain...
Continue readingThe English courts are enduringly popular with litigants, who often go to great lengths to have their cases heard in this country. The reason for this is that English law...
Continue readingThe much publicised case in which the Court of Protection ruled that clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) could lawfully be withdrawn from a patient with multiple sclerosis who was...
Continue readingSolicitors have to have comprehensive professional indemnity insurance and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, so you can be sure that, if anything should go wrong, you will be...
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