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Hard Work Not Enough for Share of Home

Posted15 April 2015

A woman who sued her ex-partner for a half share of his £500,000 home – on the basis that she and members of her family had put two years of...

Private Loan Due and Payable, Rules Court

Posted13 April 2015

Making private financial arrangements with friends and family can seem like a good idea at the time the transactions are undertaken, but they have a discouraging tendency to end in...

Computer Program Patent Application Turned Down by Court of Appeal

Posted13 April 2015

It is exceedingly difficult to patent computer programs, although the code of a program is subject to copyright. The reason for this is that Section 1 of the Patents...

Buy to Let Landlords in HMRC’s Sights

Posted10 April 2015

Most house owners regard rising property prices as a good thing, but buy to let landlords who have neglected to deal with their tax obligations after the sale of their...

Note for Residential Landlords – ‘Right to Rent’ Scheme to be Extended

Posted10 April 2015

Residential landlords are reminded that since 1 December 2014, the Government has been carrying out a pilot scheme (currently only in parts of the Midlands) requiring checks to be made...

Was Union Activist’s Sacking Unfair? Tribunal Considers

Posted8 April 2015

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision (Serco Limited v Dahou) serves as a reminder that an Employment Tribunal (ET) must not substitute its own view of what was an...