Contracting by email may be swift and convenient but, as a High Court case showed, such informality has serious pitfalls, including the ever-present risk that important messages may be misaddressed or end up in junk folders. A subcontractor engaged to perform enabling works in respect
Even in the absence of proof of clinical negligence, expert personal injury lawyers are capable of winning compensation for their injured clients. In a case on point, a 10-year-old boy won a compensation package worth more than £8 million despite continued NHS denials that medical
Is an intangible, digital version of a printed newspaper itself a ‘newspaper’, thus benefiting from VAT zero-rating? In a ruling of huge importance to the media industry, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has answered that burning question in the affirmative. A media company published digital versions
If you feel that you have been wrongly left out of a loved one’s will, you should see a solicitor straight away. The wisdom of acting promptly was emphasised by a case in which a pensioner who delayed taking legal action almost lost the roof
Official decision-making is only as good as the advice on which it is based. The High Court succinctly made that point in ruling that a local authority was seriously misled into granting itself planning permission for a residential development. The case concerned a countryside meadow
In a decision that broke new legal ground, an Employment Tribunal (ET) has ruled that ethical veganism is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. Jordi Casamitjana, 55, brought a claim against his former employer, the League Against Cruel Sports, alleging that he was
Failing to remember those who depend on you financially in your will is an invitation to discord amongst your loved ones after you are gone. That was certainly so in the case of a businessman who, despite having an estate worth over £4 million when
Clinical negligence claims are often replete with medical and legal complexity and conducting them without specialist professional advice is really not an option. That was certainly so in the case of a disabled 11-year-old boy who was starved of oxygen in the minutes before his
An Englishman’s home is proverbially his castle, but letting your property fall into an advanced state of disrepair can have serious legal consequences. A householder found that out to his cost when his near-derelict home was compulsorily purchased by a local authority after it became
Britain’s economic health requires a sensible immigration system that enables highly skilled workers to settle here and enter the domestic job market. The rules designed to achieve that policy objective came under analysis in a Court of Appeal case. The case concerned a chef who
