If you have no spouse, child or other dependant you might think there is little point in making a will. However, as a High Court case showed, such an assumption would be seriously wrong if it takes no account of your wider family and the
Practical jokes in the workplace can have grave consequences which are anything but funny – but to what extent do employers bear legal responsibility for such horseplay? In ruling on a personal injury case, the High Court gave important guidance on that issue. The case
Questions as to whether particular goods or services benefit from VAT zero-rating are perennially difficult to answer but can have profound financial implications. In a case on point, a First-tier Tribunal (FTT) ruling that blinds installed in new homes are zero-rated ‘building materials’ delivered a
Football managers notoriously do not enjoy high levels of job security – but they have the same employment rights as anyone else. An Employment Tribunal (ET) strongly made that point in the case of an assistant manager who was given his marching orders without warning
I have an Enduring Power of Attorney…But is it still appropriate? Emma Longstaff | Associate Solicitor Enduring Powers of Attorney were replaced by Lasting Powers of Attorney under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. If you signed an Enduring Power of Attorney before
Local authorities are not required to respond to the full extent of the law to each and every breach of planning control and, in deciding what action, if any, to take, they are entitled to have regard to their limited resources both in financial and
Any organisation that does not have an effective system of succession planning in place must face an uncertain future. As a ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) underlined, however, it is all too easy for such arrangements to be inadvertently infected by forbidden age
Minority shareholders may lack real control over companies they invest in, but that does not mean they are bereft of rights. The High Court made that point in coming to the aid of an elderly farmer whose interest in a family company was undermined by
Many otherwise thriving companies have been thrown into financial dire straits by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, company and insolvency lawyers are doing all they can to ensure an eventual return to prosperity and, as a High Court case showed, their damage limitation efforts can achieve
Charities generally benefit from valuable exemptions and discounts from business rates but, in order to enjoy them, their activities must be for the public benefit. In a guideline case, an arts charity failed to establish that it met that criterion by putting on exhibitions in
