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• Charity Treasurer Jailed for Theft

  • Posted19 February 2013

  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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• Land Transfer Stands, Rules Judge

  • Posted1 February 2013

  A judge has refused to rectify a land transfer between an elderly farmer and his son after rejecting the former’s plea that he had intended the latter only to receive...

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• Ban on Cowboy Wheel Clampers

  • Posted14 January 2013

  Police have been given a new power to protect the public from unscrupulous wheel clampers. Under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, it is now a criminal offence to...

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• Exaggeration of Claim Not Sufficient for Case to be Struck Out

  • Posted27 December 2012

  Where a claim has no serious chance of success, the court may order it to be ‘struck out’. When this occurs, the claim fails absolutely. The court has the right...

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• No Claim If No Loss Demonstrated

  • Posted13 December 2012

  Mistakes are mistakes, but in law, when a legal claim is made, the fact that a mistake was made is only the first step to obtaining damages. The second step...

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• Failure to Observe Costs Rules Means Winner Loses Out

  • Posted4 December 2012

  The general rule that in litigation the loser pays the winner’s legal costs does not always apply, as a successful claimant found recently. The claim was made in the...

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