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Cases involving damage to a property caused by trees located on a neighbour’s land, especially those dealing with subsidence or heave due to roots, are fairly common. One complication that arises is where the tree in question is subject to a...
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled (First West Yorkshire Limited t/a First Leeds v Haigh) that where an employee is on long-term sick leave and his pension scheme contains provisions entitling him to an ill health pension on grounds of permanent...
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Most business owners and managers think that training costs aimed at improving skills or business profits automatically qualify for tax relief, but that is not necessarily the case. The complexities of the UK tax system mean that the availability of tax...
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Misunderstandings are at the base of many legal disputes and nowhere is this more evident than in disputes involving insurance claims. Recently, a company which used scrap metal found that it had inadvertently received scrap contaminated with small amounts...
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The UK Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 , which came into force on 1 October 2006, make all retirement ages under 65 illegal unless objectively justified.
Heyday, an organisation backed by Age Concern to support people...
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When one member of a cohabiting couple dies, it can come as an unpleasant surprise to the bereaved partner to discover that not all of their late partner’s estate will pass to them in the absence of a will. It is only when this happens that many people...
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Tenant’s Rights Survive Transfer of Title
A corporate landlord who tried to prevent its tenant from exercising the option to purchase the property after the title to the property had been transferred to a subsidiary company (for...
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A recent case, in which a company was convicted of tipping waste illegally, prompted a comment from Lord Justice Keene which...
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The earning capacity of a couple is a factor taken into account when decisions are being made about the financial arrangements following a divorce.
A problem that can arise in such cases is what to do when the earning capacity of...
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In these days of Home Information Packs, you might think that the details you get about a property for sale will be accurate in every particular. It may not be so, however, and if so, is the estate agent liable? A recent case clarifies the issue......
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From 31 March 2008, there has been an increased incentive to make sure Corporation Tax returns are lodged with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on time.
From that date, returns lodged by the normal due date will only be...
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Whether you are employed or self-employed makes a critical difference to how you are taxed and the tax liabilities of an employed person can be very different indeed when compared with a self-employed person with similar levels of gross income. The National...
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When promises are made but not kept, the law often provides no redress for the disappointed person, as a recent case involving a couple who looked after a friend demonstrates.
The couple looked after their friend when he became unable...
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A group of British holidaymakers has won more than £2.5 million in compensation for illness they suffered while staying at a hotel in Spain.
Many holidaymakers contracted the ‘norovirus’ infection while staying at the...
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The Companies Act 2006, most of which is now in force, imposes tough new criteria governing the behaviour of directors. In...
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With one year to go to 2009, long-term commercial property owners may want to get their thinking caps on. The reason? The...
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The Government has announced increases in the national minimum wage rates in line with the recommendations of the Low Pay...
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The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 prohibit victimisation and harassment as well as other forms of discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation.
In the Regulations,...
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Recently amended provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 could further restrict the rights of...
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A recent case, involving the family of a man who died and left his entire fortune to the Conservative Party, illustrates one of the main exceptions which can apply, in cases involving wills, to the normal rule that ‘the loser pays the costs’ of a...
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A few years ago, enquiries and arguments over technical tax points raised by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tended to be fairly relaxed affairs, with goodwill and a spirit of compromise being not uncommon.
Regrettably, those days are...
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Last year, the former Equal Opportunities Commission brought judicial review proceedings against the Government regarding some of the provisions of the Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005 , which made amendments to the Sex...
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The dangers of doing important things the casual way were spelled out clearly in a recent case in which a 37-year-old London man was recently left to count the cost of being an ‘informal’ sperm donor, after the Child Support Agency (CSA)...
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The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) now has ten electronic learning guides available on its website. The topics are
• bullying and harassment;
• managing absence in the workplace; ...
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The Government has announced that a scheme which will make unsold new homes available for housing association tenants is to be accelerated. The plan is aimed at making it easier for first-time buyers to get onto the housing ladder.
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