In a crucial decision for housing developers and planners alike, the Court of Appeal has lamented the fact that the introduction of the Government’s new Planning Policy Framework (PFF) – which was meant to simplify matters by reducing 1,000 pages of policy documents to around
In a case which illustrated the enormous scale of some of the litigation tackled by the Commercial Court, a dispute over oil rights in Kurdistan gave rise to a hearing spread over six months and closing submissions which exceeded, by about 30,000 words, the
In a striking cautionary tale for occupiers of commercial property, the tenants of a Central London office block who left it in a very poor state of repair when they moved out have been landed with a £1.3 million bill for the repairs and renovations
The High Court has stepped in to vindicate the rights of four members of a family whose homes were raided by tax officials investigating an alleged VAT fraud. The warrants purportedly authorising the officials’ actions were invalid in that they did not comply with
An highly paid oil trader, who was sacked because he was said to be not in a fit state for work after a heavy night out during a business trip to Singapore, has failed in his High Court wrongful dismissal claim after a judge
In a case which revealed that the public interest in efficient tax collection can sometimes be tempered by mercy, a small business that failed to pay its VAT on time has won an appeal against a £5,600 penalty after its principal director suffered a
In a cautionary tale for homeowners, an immensely costly boundary dispute between neighbours – which centred on, amongst other things, the position of an old apple tree – is set to continue towards a potentially ruinous conclusion after the Court of Appeal pinpointed flaws
In a case which threw into stark relief the ‘cleft stick’ in which employers providing services to children and vulnerable adults often find themselves, a school caretaker who was sacked after facing unsubstantiated allegations of historic child abuse has won more than £5,000 in
As a firm of solicitors in Leicestershire, we work closely with Charities and non-profit organisations in the furtherance of legal understanding for specific communities. Liz Woodward, a Wills & Probate Executive based in the Josiah Hincks Blaby office, has recently written a short article for
In a striking example of even the most ‘watertight’ contract drafting failing to oust the jurisdiction of Employment Tribunals, a scaffolder has successfully argued that, far from being a mere subcontractor, he was a ‘worker’ within the meaning of the Working Time Regulations 1998
