In a decision of importance to landlords, particularly of student accommodation, the Supreme Court has ruled that conditions attached to licences granted in respect of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) can stipulate classes of persons
Can non-negotiable gambling chips (NGCs) that are given away to favoured punters by casinos be seen as money or money’s worth? By answering that question in the negative, the Court of Appeal saved the gaming
Buying property at auction can be hazardous and should never be attempted without instructing lawyers to carry out all the necessary checks. In a case on point, a father and son bought a former council
Choosing independent professionals, rather than family members, as executors of your will has many advantages. Not least amongst them, as a High Court ruling emphasised, is the requirement that they be fully independent and serve
Many private companies provide support to public authorities in the exercise of their powers and duties, but does that mean that they are themselves performing a public function, thus making them susceptible to judicial review?
Not every eventuality can be foreseen by those who draft trust deeds and, over time, the powers granted to trustees can prove inadequate to their task. However, as a case concerning a nationally important stately
The trouble with contracts that have not been professionally drafted is that what may appear trivial inaccuracies or ambiguities can later come back to bite you. In a case on point, a civil engineering agreement
Unauthorised use of personal data for marketing or other purposes is unlawful but, in order to win compensation, individuals affected by such conduct must prove that they have suffered not just a breach of their
Fortunes are built on ideas, but they have to be truly inventive to qualify for patent protection. In an instructive High Court case, however, that test was passed by a novel method of protecting computers
Many employers provide for benefits to be paid to workers who contract diseases or suffer injury in the course of their employment. The High Court analysed one such provision in the case of a senior
