Private Client

• Charity Trustees Censured for Payment to Redundant CEO

  • Posted27 June 2013

  When the trustees of a charity agreed a severance payment for a departing senior officer without taking professional advice, their decision was clearly open to criticism. The trustees of...

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• Homeowner’s Fine for Breaching Planning Laws Justified

  • Posted24 June 2013

  A homeowner who was fined £960 after he failed to comply with a local authority enforcement notice requiring him to demolish an unauthorised extension to his property has lost an...

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• Company Assets and Divorce

  • Posted18 June 2013

  One of the most difficult aspects of divorce is often the negotiation of the financial settlement: this can be particularly thorny when there are substantial sums involved. Often, assets are...

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• Tax Evasion Leads to Prison and £500,000 Repayment Order

  • Posted13 June 2013

  Two company directors who lied to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) when under investigation for possible tax offences have been jailed for tax evasion and fraud. The pair ran...

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• Buyer Who Failed to Complete Must Pay for Loss of Value

  • Posted12 June 2013

  In these straitened times, it is regrettably not uncommon for a buyer to withdraw from the purchase of a property after a legal agreement to purchase has been completed. ...

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• Father Entitled to ‘Proper Relationship’ With Son

  • Posted10 June 2013

  In a ruling which emphasises the importance of fathers in the lives of young children, the Court of Appeal has upheld a man’s right to have contact with his eight-year-old...

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