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The treasurer of a Christian charity has been jailed after he stole more than £500,000 from two charities. Accountant Steven Methuen was responsible for the finances of Amblecote Christian...
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Property developers often spend very considerable sums in advance of seeking and obtaining planning permissions, let alone before any work on the development site commences. Recently, several residents’ groups...
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In Netjets Management Limted v Central Arbitration Committee, the operator of a fleet of private business jets has failed to convince a judge that it is not obliged to recognise...
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When a child maintenance assessment is made, the court is entitled to rely on all the information available to it to set the appropriate liability to pay maintenance. This may...
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Employee theft is often an exclusion in commercial insurance policies. When fashion retailer Ted Baker found that it had suffered a major loss due to employee theft of stock,...
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The Charity Commissioners are taking an increasingly tough stance on what constitutes ‘charitable activity’. In recent months, they have withdrawn the charitable status of the Plymouth Brethren and refused...
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