Josiah Hincks are pleased to announce the arrival of new Associate Solicitor and Head of Commercial Property, Neal Patterson. Neal trained in Leicestershire and qualified as a solicitor in 2004 spending 7 years in private practice in Leicestershire and Nottingham, gaining experience in high net
Judges are the ultimate guardians of democracy and they are always there to ensure that every individual has an unhindered right to cast a secret ballot. In a striking case on point, the High Court pinpointed a grave deficiency in the voting system that undermines
New inventions can transform entire industries, rendering existing products more or less obsolete, but they almost inevitably give rise to patent disputes. A case on point concerned a revolutionary garden hose design that solved problems of storage, weight and kinking all too familiar to gardeners
One of the unsavoury features of many big money divorce cases is a reluctance to disclose financial information without which a fair outcome cannot be achieved. As a withering High Court ruling against a stubborn husband showed, however, family judges have all the powers they
Failing to engage an expert lawyer to present your Employment Tribunal (ET) claim is a false economy and can even result in your case being dismissed without a full hearing. That very nearly happened to a worker who claimed that he had paid a heavy
If you feel that your private information has been misused by the media, you may be entitled to compensation and should consult a lawyer straight away. A businessman who did just that after leaked details of a criminal investigation concerning him found their way into
The high emotion and antagonism sadly often arising from divorce can lead to lies being told in court. Family judges, however, have a panoply of powers to deal with such behaviour, as was shown by the case of a wife who sought to conceal the
The Finance Act 2014 conferred on HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) draconian powers to tackle tax avoidance. However, in relieving a businessman of a tax demand for over £8.7 million, the Court of Appeal made plain that those powers are not without limit. A family
Boarded-up premises are a blight on any shopping centre, causing loss to landlords and other tenants alike, and that is why many leases include covenants which require retail units to be kept open. One such clause was considered in a case concerning a shop left
