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HMRC Gain Right to Check Credit Card Statements

Posted29 January 2014

Not well publicised in the press was the revelation that since September 2013 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have had the power to access your credit card statements by making...

HAVS Prosecutions Ring Warning Bell for Employers

Posted29 January 2014

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently launched a series of prosecutions against employers for failing to ensure that adequate measures were taken to minimise workers’ exposure to vibration...

SDLT Avoidance Scheme Fails

Posted27 January 2014

Although some law is ‘common law’ and some effectively the result of decisions of the courts, when law is in written form, the exact meaning of the words used is...

Cohabitation and the Law – Changes Afoot?

Posted24 January 2014

At the end of October 2013, the Cohabitation Rights Bill 2013 started its progress through Parliament. The Private Member’s Bill aims to give long-term cohabitants rights more akin to those...

Net Value Means Current Value Not Book Value, Rules Court

Posted24 January 2014

When a family partnership broke up, the lack of precision in clauses of the partnership agreement led to an appearance in the Court of Appeal. Two farmers took their...

Better Protection for Consumers On the Way?

Posted21 January 2014

The Government is proposing to improve protection for consumers who purchase goods or services (including those supplied in electronic form) from businesses. Under the Consumer Rights Bill, consumers will...