It has been 12 years since the collapse of insurer Equitable Life, which had more than a million members. In that time, the financial pieces have been picked up and a compensation pot of £370 million is now available for policyholders who have suffered losses.
In an important ruling for landlords and tenants, the court of appeal has decided that a shop with a flat above it could not reasonably be described as ‘a house’ within the meaning of the enfranchisement provisions of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967. The decision
In a ruling which underlines the pitfalls of the PAYE system, a tribunal has expressed sympathy for a worker who says that he was issued with a substantial retrospective tax demand due to a calculation error by tax officials. However, the first-tier tribunal ruled that
Because of the data protection risks they pose and their widespread use, mobile phone apps are currently a priority for the EU data protection authorities. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has recently submitted its Opinion 02/2013 on the processing of personal data on
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have announced that a clutch of Caribbean tax havens – Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands – are to supply them with information about the holders of assets in their jurisdictions. HMRC have
A deal between the tax authorities and banking giant, Goldman Sachs, has caused ‘grave public disquiet’ and should be declared unlawful, it has been argued at the High Court. The unprecedented case is being brought by tax avoidance campaign group, UK Uncut Legal Action Limited,
Despite concerns being raised in respect of flood risks, pollution and the potential impact on colonies of rare bats, newts and butterflies, the High Court has opened the way for development of a huge ‘energy from waste’ facility to serve the needs of all Buckinghamshire’s
In the context of a landlord and tenant dispute in respect of an agricultural tenancy, a professional arbitrator’s ‘unimpressive’ reasoning was ‘just about enough’ to enable the parties to understand his decision and to avoid substantial injustice to either party, the High Court has ruled.
A property investor who built up reputation and goodwill in a website that he used to market a luxury apartment for rent in Gleneagles, the home of golf, has triumphed in a dispute with a rival owner of another flat in the town who registered
