Commercial Client

• Negligent Valuation Produced Instant Loss, Rules Court

  • Posted8 January 2015

  When a firm of valuers placed a valuation of €135 million on a property in Germany in 2005, in connection with a complex refinancing package, and it subsequently turned out...

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• Occupation as Private Residence a Matter of Fact, Rules Tribunal

  • Posted6 January 2015

  Private Residence Relief (PRR) is one of the most valuable reliefs against Capital Gains Tax (CGT). It exempts from charge gains made on the principal private residence of a UK...

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• Unlawful Intent Does Not Prevent Recovery of Debt

  • Posted2 January 2015

  Although, as a general rule, an illegal contract is unenforceable, a City broker who offered to supply insider information to a friend for £620,000 but then reneged on the promise...

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• Employee Foolishness No Defence in Health and Safety Cases

  • Posted31 December 2014

  In a case which vividly illustrates the exacting health and safety standards placed on industrial employers, a flooring company was convicted and fined over an accident which an injured employee...

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• What is a ‘Residential Unit’? High Court Rules

  • Posted29 December 2014

  A couple who made £13 million by selling their land for residential development are in line for a further very substantial sum after the High Court interpreted in their favour...

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• Jail Sentence Confirmed for Counterfeit Goods Trader

  • Posted23 December 2014

  In a warning to traders that those who deal in counterfeit goods are at risk of losing their liberty, a market stall holder who was caught offering for sale fake...

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