If the tax authorities are left holding the baby as a consequence of so-called carousel fraud, they leave no stone unturned in tracking down perpetrators. However, with the benefit of a dedicated legal team, a
Employment contracts that remain unsigned are frequently not worth the paper they are written on. The point was resoundingly made by a High Court case in which a large services company was unable to find
Any good family lawyer will tell you that the best way of minimising the expense and stress of divorce proceedings is to be straightforwardly honest. The point was well made by a case in which
Unauthorised online streaming of major sporting events, depriving organisers of their legitimate revenues, is ever on the increase. However, as a case in which the High Court came to the aid of a boxing match
Third party debt orders can be a powerful means of enforcing judgments, but how do they affect funds held in solicitors’ client accounts? The High Court considered that issue in a guideline case concerning an
Staff who are shifted between one employer and another have a right to work under the same terms and conditions as before – but what happens if such provisions become obsolete? A tribunal tackled that
Uniforms and other articles of clothing worn by self-employed people wholly and exclusively for the purposes of their work are tax deductible. In an important decision, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) ruled that the skimpy dresses, high
An absence of assets to satisfy a judgment debt is not, by itself, a good reason for refusing to grant judgment in the first place. The High Court made that point in coming to the
The widespread belief that an Englishman’s home is his castle can all too easily lead the unwary into breaching planning rules. That was certainly so in a case concerning a householder who found herself in
Healthy competition is one thing, but using a rival’s confidential information to gain an unfair edge in the marketplace is quite another. That distinction was at the heart of a bitter commercial dispute between competitors
