Commercial Client

• Bias Apparent, Not Real, Rules Court of Appeal

  • Posted14 January 2015

  Just because a court ruling seems harsh does not mean that the judge making it was biased, as is illustrated by a decision by the Court of Appeal that a...

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• Copyright Dispute Racks Up Mammoth Legal Bill

  • Posted12 January 2015

  A former couple engaged in an acrimonious copyright dispute in respect of trading software which lay at the heart of their phenomenally successful business have run up £19 million in...

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• Bank Worker’s Disability Discrimination Claim Setback

  • Posted9 January 2015

  A bank worker who claims she was subjected to a campaign of abuse and degrading treatment by colleagues due to the ‘pot-pourri’ of medical conditions from which she suffered has...

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• 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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