Private Client

• Evidence the Key in Establishing Liability

  • Posted5 October 2012

  When a road traffic accident results from the road being in a dangerous condition due to being in poor repair, the court is required to consider the extent of the...

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• Ownership of Property Depends on Intention

  • Posted3 October 2012

  Property can be owned in joint names as joint tenants, which means that each co-owner owns an undivided share in the whole property (and would therefore be the sole owner...

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• English Law Decides Settlement

  • Posted27 September 2012

  When a 43-year-old Spanish-born man and his wife divorced 15 years after their marriage in Spain, having lived in England since 2004 and raised two children (now 12 and 10)...

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• Boating Expenses Setback for Nautical Author

  • Posted24 September 2012

  For anyone who aspires to a life ‘messing about on the water’ and getting tax relief on the required expenditure, a recent tax case may prove something of a dampener. ...

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• Acceptance of Risk Stymies Injury Claim

  • Posted20 September 2012

  A pregnant woman who was injured when the horse she was riding veered through a hedge and threw her onto the road has lost her claim for damages for her...

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• Flood Insurance Ending

  • Posted14 September 2012

  In 2009, the Government and the Association of British Insurers entered into an agreement, the Statement of Principles on the Provision of Flood Insurance, which committed home insurance providers to...

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