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    Feel That You've Been Done Out of an Inheritance? Contact a Solicitor Today

    If you feel that you have been unjustly denied an inheritance, you should get in touch with a solicitor straight away. The dangers of delay were made plain by a case in which foot-dragging led to the sacrifice of a possible six-figure legacy. The case...

    Businessman Establishes a 'Reasonable Excuse' for Delaying VAT Payments

    Traders who choose to put tax at the bottom of their payment priorities are asking for trouble. However, in one case, a businessman persuaded a tax tribunal that he acted reasonably in delaying VAT payments so that he could pay his hard-pressed staff in...

    Restrictive Covenants - Objectors Succeed in Blocking Flats Development

    If a neighbour has been granted planning permission for a development to which you object, you may feel that there is little or nothing you can do about it. As a tribunal ruling showed, however, you may well be wrong about that. The case concerned a...

    College Student Required to Work Late Succeeds in Age Discrimination Claim

    Mentions of age discrimination may bring to mind images of grey-haired employees being treated less favourably than their younger colleagues. As a case concerning a teenage college student showed, however, young people enjoy the same legal protection as...

    Judge Emphasises that a Care Order Does Not Imply Parental Blame

    You might think that the making of a care order implies blame on the part of a child's parents. However, as a family judge's ruling in the case of a tragedy-struck 14-year-old girl made plain , you would certainly be wrong about that. The girl was brought...

    Administrators Appointed to Salvage Sanctioned Air Freight Company

    Tough sanctions imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine have left many Russian-owned companies in a state of zombie-like paralysis. However, as a High Court ruling showed, insolvency practitioners are working hard to ensure their orderly...

    Adults Lacking Decision-Making Capacity Should Not Be Equated to Children

    Adults who lack the capacity to make important decisions for themselves are entitled to their autonomy and should never be equated to children. The Court of Appeal trenchantly made that point in directing that a man with a severe learning disability should...

    Supreme Court Lays Down the Law on Commercial Property Service Charges

    Many commercial leases appear to confer on landlords a wide and unilateral power to calculate and demand payment of service charges. An important Supreme Court ruling , however, indicates that they may not enjoy quite such a whip hand in future. A...

    Cooling Off Periods and Retraction of Oral Resignations - Guideline Ruling

    Large employers often have 'cooling off' policies in place that address the common situation of employees orally announcing their resignation in a stressful moment and subsequently having second thoughts. As an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed,...

    Making a Will? Court Ruling Underlines the Benefits of Professional Advice

    Engaging a professional to draft your will and give advice has many advantages that may not be apparent at the time. In a case on point, a lawyer's prudence in arranging a medical assessment of an elderly client proved decisive in the Court of Appeal's...
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