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Funding Failure – Reasonable Endeavours Clause Not in Point

Posted3 April 2013

When demand for flats dried up for a property developer, it became unable to meet the required level of pre-sales on the development to secure continued financing for the project....

Careless Talk Costs Land

Posted2 April 2013

A recent High Court case shows the dangers of negotiating in a dispute without legal representation. It also illustrates that an agreement which disposes of an interest in land does...

Termination Payments Taxable if Not Damages

Posted28 March 2013

When a new executive fell out with the chief executive officer of the company he worked for, his employment was terminated without notice. In such circumstances, a breach of...

Gay Couple Adoption Approved

Posted27 March 2013

A mother who objected to her children being adopted by a gay couple has failed to convince the Court of Appeal to return them to her care. The Court ruled that...

Construction Company Fined Over Worker’s Death

Posted26 March 2013

A Surrey-based construction company has been ordered to pay £210,000 in fines and costs after an employee died from injuries he sustained in an explosion on a construction site in...

Failure to Make Gift Absolute Leads to IHT Charge

Posted25 March 2013

A woman who shared a bank account with her son, but who did not give the money in the account to him absolutely, has left him with an Inheritance Tax...