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General blog 14 Jul 2011 | 03:44 am
Just a reminder that we provide a wealth of free legal guides and information on areas including family law, wills, probate, employment law, conveyancing, commercial contracts. Please visit the faq se...
Job prospects mean people would work abroad 28 Jun 2011 | 07:41 am
Is emigration a bigger risk than immigration Some recent research, which we take with a pinch of salt, suggests that over 7.5 million workers in the UK may be willing to work abroad in the search for...
Liability for discrimination 27 Jun 2011 | 09:08 am
Discrimination cases – who is liable employer or employee ? The short answer to this is it can be both, and not only this, the aggrieved party can go against either employer or employee or both and c...
Ombudsman Orders Compensation Following Planning Approval 27 May 2011 | 08:48 pm
A Council that took account of the personal circumstances of an applicant for planning permission, when granting an application to construct a bungalow outside the designated development area and in g...
Defective Wording Does Not Remove Liability 26 May 2011 | 08:06 pm
When a document contains errors, the court will often act to ensure that commercial common sense dictates its interpretation. In a recent case, a farmer sought to avoid an estate rentcharge for ro...
Charity Trustees Given Financial Crime Awareness Warning 25 May 2011 | 05:13 am
Charity Trustees have been reminded of the need to be aware of the possibility that their charity may be used for financial crime, with the National Fraud Authority estimating that annual losses to ch...
No-Shows – ECJ Rules No Vat Due 24 May 2011 | 09:56 pm
A recent decision of the European Court of Justice will come as good news for hard-pressed hoteliers and has led to HM Revenue and Customs issuing new guidance on deposits. The decision confirms that...
Trade Mark – Whole, Not Parts of Whole, is What Matters 23 May 2011 | 08:04 pm
The High Court has confirmed that a trade mark refers to the general impression given by the mark, not to the details of the mark and this can include auditory and conceptual factors as well as purely...
If it is in the Sky, It is Weather! 21 May 2011 | 03:58 am
The Financial Services Ombudsman has refused to refer a test case involving a travel insurance claim to the court in order to determine whether the volcanic ash cloud which caused so much disruption t...
Two Flats are Not a Residence 20 May 2011 | 03:27 am
When a family is being housed, the provision of separate, self-cont ained flats with no common living areas does not mean that accommodation had been made available such that the members of the applic...