A do-it-yourself (DIY) builder has triumphed in his fight for a substantial VAT rebate on materials he employed in the construction of his new home. The first-tier tribunal accepted the taxpayer’s argument that payment of the tax refund was not precluded by a planning condition
A mobile phone company that objected to a change in the method employed by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) to control mobile termination rates (MTRs) – resulting in its revenue from that source being more than halved – has had its complaints of unfairness and
The High Court has urged a change in the law after rejecting a property owner’s plea that an adjudicator had no power to rule on his dispute with a building company on the basis that he occupied the relevant property as his residence and thus
In a decision of enormous significance to the NHS, the High Court has ruled that a decision to concentrate child heart surgery services on seven regional centres was fundamentally flawed. The court’s decision puts the whole future of paediatric heart surgery in Britain back up
In upholding a ruling which will require police forces across the country to pick up the enormous costs of match day policing around football grounds, the Court of Appeal has emphasised that it is for the police, not private citizens or organisations, to enforce law
An on-line engineering and design company has failed to convince the High Court that it should not be held liable for the full industrial training levy of 1.5% of the emoluments it pays to its employees. The court rejected the company’s plea that its staff
The identical combination of three letters in the names of an international network of accountancy and professional services firms and a Philippines bank has sparked a proliferation of litigation in over 40 jurisdictions around the world. Noting the scale and cost of such litigation, the
In an important ruling for professional regulatory bodies, a mental health nurse has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that his suspension for 18 months pending investigation of disputed misconduct allegations amounted to a violation of his human rights. The court rejected arguments that
A farmer has failed to convince the High Court that that he should be allowed to live in a barn on his land for the purpose of tending his livestock. Despite the man’s plea that an adverse decision would result in homelessness for himself and
The manufacturers of a ground-breaking electric car, the performance of which was criticised in an episode of the popular motoring television show, ‘Top Gear’, have failed to convince the Court of Appeal that they were the victims of libel or malicious falsehood. The court upheld
