Many entrepreneurs treat their companies as their babies, lending them their private money and, if necessary, writing off such debts when times are hard. In a case of interest to the business community, a tribunal has analysed the effect of such arrangements in Capital Gains
Boardroom conflict can often mean directors falling into opposing camps, with deadlock the result. However, as a High Court decision in the context of the fishing industry showed, taking legal advice is often the only means of achieving a resolution. The case concerned a holding
If you fail to remember your dependants in your will, it is highly likely that a judge will intervene after your death to ensure they are reasonably provided for. Exactly that happened in one case in which a woman who was bequeathed nothing by her
If you purchase a house that turns out to be worth less than you paid for it as a result of someone else’s wrongdoing, how should your compensation be calculated? The High Court addressed that issue in a guideline decision of interest to home buyers
Buying a home is the biggest investment that most people ever make and that is why instructing a lawyer to represent you really is essential. In a case that underlined the point, a couple who dispensed with professional advice came frighteningly close to being evicted
Registering your original business logos and artwork as trade marks really is the only effective means of protecting them and reliably maintaining your brand. The point was clearly made by a High Court case in which a small sportswear company succeeded in a trade mark
Those who fail to promptly and accurately answer requests from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for information about their tax affairs are at risk of penal sanctions. The Court of Appeal has, however, ruled in a guideline case that financial penalties totalling more than £1
Those who manage to obtain planning permission for construction projects are sadly often tempted to build on a wider or taller scale than has actually been permitted. However, as any good lawyer will tell you – and as a High Court decision proved – taking
Social landlords sadly often have to evict nuisance tenants – but what are the correct procedural steps that have to be taken if they are disabled within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010? The Court of Appeal addressed that issue in a case that raised
Where medical professionals and loved ones are unanimous that it would not be in a gravely ill patient’s best interests to keep them alive by clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH), they may be withdrawn without seeking permission from a judge. The Supreme Court so
