Private Client

• Personal Bankruptcy Limits Increase

  • Posted10 August 2015

  Changes to the Insolvency Act 1986 that are being introduced on 1 October 2015 will mean that a person will no longer be able to be made bankrupt if they...

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• No Presumption About What is Best For Children

  • Posted6 August 2015

  You might think that the courts will always seek to see that a child is brought up by one of its parents, assuming he or she is willing and able...

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• Previous Accountant’s Failure Not a Reasonable Excuse

  • Posted31 July 2015

  When an accountant failed to file a client’s year-end PAYE return, the first inkling the director of the company involved had of it was many months later – when the...

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• £85 Parking Charge Not a Penalty

  • Posted29 July 2015

  Many thousands of drivers who have been subject to a parking charge of 100 times or more the normal hourly rate will be displeased to read that a plucky appeal...

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• Typing Error Leads to Rejection of Evidence

  • Posted23 July 2015

  Failing to meet the timetable imposed on court proceedings is very unwise, as a property owner has found out to his considerable cost. He was involved in a long-running...

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• Court of Appeal Rejects Claim After 30-Year Relationship Ends

  • Posted17 July 2015

  Merely making contributions to the family finances has, yet again, been ruled by the Court of Appeal to be insufficient ground to make a declaration that a long-term cohabitee is...

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