Tenants have a right to expect that their homes will be kept reasonably safe for them to occupy. In a case on point, a disabled pensioner who was badly injured when she tripped over her doorstep won substantial damages from her social housing landlord. The
Before disposing of real property assets, charities are required to meet a number of procedural safeguards that are designed to ensure that the best price reasonably obtainable is achieved. The High Court gave detailed consideration to those provisions in a case concerning a charity’s abortive
Road accidents that occur in the blink of an eye can have grave consequences for many years to come and that is why just compensation is so important. In a case on point, lawyers representing a young motorcycle courier who was struck down by a
Judges spend long hours listening to dense evidence and argument, and they would be superhuman if they did not occasionally nod off. As an employment case showed, however, the consequences of sleepy-headedness can be grave if it affects the fairness of proceedings. The case concerned
Companies are notoriously difficult to value and particular difficulties can arise when they form the principal assets to be divided in divorce proceedings. In a big money case on point, the High Court bridged a huge gulf between the value placed by a wife and
One good reason for taking advice from independent professionals is that, if they let you down, there is a clear route to compensation. The point was proved by a case in which a homeowner won substantial damages after a surveyor failed to notice Japanese knotweed
If a public authority faces legal action in respect of a contract tendering exercise, can it avoid litigation by the simple expedient of abandoning the procurement process and starting again? The High Court addressed that issue in the context of a road contractor’s £28 million
Death and taxes may be inevitable, but HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are not infallible and if you are on the receiving end of a wrong decision, you should consult a lawyer right away. A dance teacher who did just that was relieved of a
If employees come up with brilliant ideas, do they have intellectual property rights in them or are they the sole property of their employers? The High Court considered that burning issue in the context of a computer software dispute. A company applied for international, national
As any law student learns in their first week at university, the base elements of any contract are offer, acceptance and consideration. Underlying that simple statement there is, however, a hinterland of complexity – as was shown by a case concerning parking ticket ‘pay and
