Many farmers understandably wish to keep their businesses in the family after they are gone but, without professional inheritance planning, that can be very difficult to achieve. The point was powerfully made by a Court of Appeal ruling which, whilst seeking to resolve a bitter
A woman whose hopes of bearing children were stymied by medical staff’s failure to detect early signs of cervical cancer has won the right to substantial damages – including the reasonable cost of funding commercial surrogacy arrangements in California. The Supreme Court’s ruling on the
Any civilised system of civil justice affords those who are accused of wrongdoing a fair opportunity to defend themselves in court. However, as a High Court ruling in a corporate insolvency case showed, disobeying judicial orders can place even that fundamental entitlement in jeopardy. The
Those who fund their lifestyles from criminal profits risk being stripped of the shirts off their backs and their innocent loved ones are likely to suffer just as much as them. In one case, a judge sanctioned the seizure of a family home where three
Parents can take comfort from the fact that, if they die as a result of someone else’s negligence, the law will ensure that their loved ones are compensated. In one case, the disabled daughter of a woman who lost her life when a taxi in
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
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
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
Those who pursue employment complaints without legal representation start off at a great disadvantage, but tribunals will generally bend over backwards to ensure that they receive a fair hearing. A Court of Appeal ruling, however, underlined the serious challenge that doing justice in such cases
The list of goods which cannot be imported to the UK without a special permit – in order to protect endangered flora and fauna – is subject to constant change and failing to keep abreast of the rules can have grave consequences. A case on
