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Tax Penalties Avoided for Those Affected by IT Glitch

Posted21 April 2017

With HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) pressing ahead with plans to make ‘customers’ deal with them only digitally, it is good to see that when a system issue with the...

Landlord Repairs Must Be Reasonable, Not Most Economical

Posted21 April 2017

A long leasehold tenant has had mixed fortunes in opposing a charge for more than £55,000 after her council landlord undertook a major programme of repairs to the block in...

Court of Appeal Rejects Pimlico Plumbers’ Appeal in Employment Status Case

Posted19 April 2017

There have been a number of recent cases looking at the precise nature of the employment status of those working for employers who like their operatives to appear to clients...

Court Enforces Pre-Nuptial Agreement

Posted18 April 2017

When the marriage of a wealthy couple broke up, the English court had the opportunity to consider the impact of two pre-nuptial agreements the couple had made before they wed....

Knife-Edge Timing Solves £2.4 Million Construction Contract Dispute

Posted13 April 2017

In a striking piece of knife-edge timing, a property developer has convinced the High Court that it was reassigned rights under a construction contract just before a multi-million-pound dispute was...

Driver Need Not Enforce Wheelchair Space on Bus, Rules Court

Posted12 April 2017

The Supreme Court has ruled on the long-running dispute between First Bus and a disabled passenger who sued the bus company after a driver declined to intervene when a passenger...