Private Client

• Jockey Wins Compensation After Falling at First Hurdle

  • Posted13 August 2013

  A former jockey has won £58,000 in compensation for injuries he suffered at Cheltenham racecourse when his horse fell at the first hurdle. Philip Hide’s horse skidded and fell...

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• Judge Imposes Limit on ‘Attritional’ Litigation Costs

  • Posted8 August 2013

  When a divorcing husband and wife ran up legal costs of more than £150,000 disputing the division of family assets amounting to little more than £200,000, the judge hearing the...

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• Second Registration Not Adverse Possession

  • Posted5 August 2013

  Under the law of adverse possession (‘squatter’s rights’), the legal ownership of land may be able to be claimed if it is occupied for a long period of time without...

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• Getting Your Money Back May Mean Massive Tax Bill

  • Posted2 August 2013

  When a Dutch man invested $1,400,000 (half from the sale of his house in the Netherlands and half borrowed) in a bundle of life assurance policies, he did not anticipate...

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• Court Applies Strict Letter of Consumer Protection Law

  • Posted25 July 2013

  A case concerning a contract between a man who ran a removal business and a house owner, which was made at the home of the latter and followed up by...

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• Homeowners Triumph in Storm Damage Claim

  • Posted24 July 2013

  Householders whose homes suffered storm and flood damage reluctantly found themselves at the epicentre of a High Court case in which they defeated claims that they should be held personally...

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