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Siblings Pay High Price for Dishonest Assistance to Bankrupt Brother

Posted4 July 2018

If family members or friends are facing bankruptcy, it may be tempting to assist them in keeping their assets away from the clutches of creditors. The folly of such conduct...

Disability Discrimination – An Expectation to Work Long Hours

Posted2 July 2018

In United First Partners Research v Carreras, an employee who had returned to work after he was injured in a cycling accident claimed that a ‘requirement’ that he work long...

The Taxation of Termination Payments

Posted29 June 2018

The rules governing the taxation of termination payments have been tightened with effect from 6 April 2018 by means of legislation to amend Chapter 3, Part 6 of the Income...

Future Earning Capacity Not a Matrimonial Asset

Posted26 June 2018

The Court of Appeal has made an important decision in a divorce case in which the main argument was over the availability of future income to fund maintenance payments in...

Oral Contract Existed as a Matter of Fact

Posted26 June 2018

When a decision is made as to what the facts are in a particular case, the judgment regarding those facts is normally accepted as not being able to be revisited...

Council Tax to Bite on Empty Property

Posted21 June 2018

In 2017, 205,293 dwellings in England were left empty for six months or more. With the housing shortage never far from the news agenda, steps to bring unoccupied houses back...