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• Workplace Data Leaks – Motor Insurer Wins Six-Figure Compensation

  • Posted18 February 2020

  Miscreant employees often form the first link in a chain which feeds the black market in personal data. However, as a ground-breaking High Court ruling showed, anyone who profits from...

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• Couple’s Claim for CGT Loss on Holiday Home Succeeds

  • Posted14 February 2020

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) may appear a very big battalion indeed but, with the right legal advice, individuals can succeed in overturning their decisions. Exactly that happened in a...

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• Cricket Club Pays Price for VAT Zero-Rating Blunder on New Pavilion

  • Posted13 February 2020

  The law relating to VAT zero-rating in connection with construction projects is highly complex and the consequences of making a mistake can be severe. In one case, a cricket club...

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• Adoption is Always a Last Resort – Troubled Mum Achieves Redemption

  • Posted10 February 2020

  One of the hardest tasks that family judges have to undertake is to remove children from the care of parents who are incapable of looking after them. However, as one...

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• Scaffolding Triggers Commercial Tenant’s ‘Peaceful Enjoyment’ Complaint

  • Posted10 February 2020

  Included in almost every commercial lease is a covenant which confers on the tenant a right to peacefully enjoy the premises. One such provision came under close High Court analysis...

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• Family’s Informal Occupation of Farmhouse Triggers High Court Dispute

  • Posted6 February 2020

  Allowing people to occupy your property on the basis of a handshake is an invitation to misunderstandings and costly dispute. The point was proved by a case in which the...

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