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So-Called Gentlemen’s Agreements Are Legally Worthless – High Court Ruling

So-Called Gentlemen’s Agreements Are Legally Worthless – High Court Ruling

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So-called ‘gentlemen’s agreements’ which have not been professionally drafted are unlikely to be worth the paper they are written on. That was certainly so in the case of a woman who claimed that an ex-boyfriend had promised to pay her £50,000 a year, index-linked for

Houses in Multiple Occupation – Breaking the Rules Will Cost You Dear!

Houses in Multiple Occupation – Breaking the Rules Will Cost You Dear!

Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) are for good reasons heavily regulated, and landlords and letting agencies that fail to measure up to required standards can expect to be hit hard in the pocket. In one case, a letting agency which had no reasonable excuse for

COVID-19 Crisis – Judge Rules Derogation from Human Rights ‘Essential’

COVID-19 Crisis – Judge Rules Derogation from Human Rights ‘Essential’

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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a public emergency which is threatening the life of the nation. A High Court judge wrote those words in reaching the momentous conclusion that, whilst the crisis persists, derogation from certain fundamental human rights is not merely justified, but essential. The

Employers’ Liability for Data Protection Breaches – Supreme Court Ruling

Employers’ Liability for Data Protection Breaches – Supreme Court Ruling

To what extent do employers bear indirect, or vicarious, liability for breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) perpetrated by their staff? The Supreme Court decisively resolved that issue in a test case concerning a supermarket worker who placed highly confidential payroll information online

Tenants Win Right to Acquire Subsoil and Airspace in Guideline Case

Tenants Win Right to Acquire Subsoil and Airspace in Guideline Case

Qualifying apartment dwellers have a right to acquire the freehold of the buildings where they live, but does that extend to the subsoil beneath the premises and the airspace above? The Court of Appeal addressed that critical issue in a guideline decision. The case concerned