Legal Updates

Sep

2018

Residents' association pays price for failing to take professional advice

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Many blocks of flats are managed by a residents' association, which has the great advantage of affording tenants democratic rights of self-determination. However, as a decision of the Upper Tribunal (UT) showed, such bodies bear onerous, and often...

Sep

2018

Noose tightens on businessman who owes $320 Million judgment debt

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Judgment debtors sadly often try to wriggle out of payment – but judges will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that court orders are obeyed. The Court of Appeal made that clear in tightening the noose on a businessman who was determined to avoid...

Sep

2018

Holiday lettings and IHT – Watch this space

Written by Sydney Mitchell

One of the most valuable reliefs from Inheritance Tax (IHT) is Business Property Relief (BPR), which allows the transfer of qualifying business property from the deceased's estate at a nil value for IHT purposes. The rules on what constitutes...

Sep

2018

Breakthrough: New Bedside light has potential to detect baby brain injury earlier

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Around three in 1,000 babies born in England suffer brain injury at or soon after birth, due to lack of oxygen during delivery. Early research indicates promising results for a new test - Broadband near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) - that could help...

Sep

2018

Parental Bereavement Leave

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Royal Assent has been given to the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 The death of a child is truly traumatic for any parent and the effects can be devastating and long lasting. No bereaved parent should be put in the difficult position...

Sep

2018

Building works next door making your life a misery?

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Construction works on neighbouring properties can make your life a misery but, with the right legal advice, you may be able to do something about them. In a case on point, the High Court came to the aid of a woman whose rental property was deprived...

Sep

2018

Supreme Court says no to divorce based on weak unreasonable behaviour claim

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The Supreme Court judges' decision to prevent a wife from divorcing her husband, which was made 'without enthusiasm', is expected to lead to calls for a rapid change in the law. The case arose after a wife's application for a divorce was opposed by...

Sep

2018

Law overrides will that excludes partner

Written by Sydney Mitchell

The law that allows someone who was dependent on a deceased person during their lifetime to make a claim against their estate if there is no, or inadequate, provision for them in the will is one of long standing (the Inheritance (Provision for...

Sep

2018

Dress codes and sex discrimination

Written by Samantha Glynn

In 2016 receptionist Nicola Thorp was sent home on her first day of work at a corporate finance company in the City of London. This was because she refused to wear shoes with two to four inch high heels. She launched an online petition calling for...

Aug

2018

Football ground’s £10 Million development potential triggers family war

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Important agreements, even between close family members, should always be put into writing by a lawyer as the best means of heading off future discord. The point could hardly have been more clearly made than by a High Court dispute concerning a...

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Legal Updates

Residents' association pays price for failing to take professional advice

Noose tightens on businessman who owes $320 Million judgment debt

Holiday lettings and IHT – Watch this space

Breakthrough: New Bedside light has potential to detect baby brain injury earlier

Parental Bereavement Leave

Building works next door making your life a misery?

Supreme Court says no to divorce based on weak unreasonable behaviour claim

Law overrides will that excludes partner

Dress codes and sex discrimination

Football ground’s £10 Million development potential triggers family war

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