Private Client

• Holiday Letting Property a Business, Not an Investment

  • Posted8 May 2012

  A recent tax case shows the lengths HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will go to when they think there is tax to be gained by adopting an aggressive attitude with...

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• Benefit to Parents Not Sufficient Benefit to Their Son

  • Posted4 May 2012

  The Court of Protection has refused a request to make financial arrangements for a young man lacking mental capacity because there was no clear benefit to him of the proposed...

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• Package Tour or Travel Booking?

  • Posted30 April 2012

  Whether a holiday is a ‘package’ or just a booking of travel arrangements can make a big difference when it comes to the legal position if something goes wrong. ...

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• Argument Over Strip of Land Settled by Court of Appeal

  • Posted26 April 2012

  A recent case in the Court of Appeal illustrates the extent to which property owners will go to protect what they perceive to be the boundaries of their property, which...

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• Shared Parental Responsibility and Divorce

  • Posted24 April 2012

  Having rejected the findings of a report it commissioned into the parenting of children after divorce, the Government has thrown into doubt the whole area of how this issue will...

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• Charity Undertakes to Comply with Data Protection Obligations

  • Posted18 April 2012

  A Scottish charity, Enable Scotland, has given an undertaking to take specific action to improve its compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) after two unencrypted memory sticks and...

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