The Agriculture Act 2020 – The Introduction of a New Agricultural System for The Next Generation of Farmers – Agricultural Law Blog Josie Francis | Paralegal The Agriculture Act 2020, became law on 11 November and will transform the future of farming.
Generous benefactors donate to charity with a view to furthering all sorts of purposes close to their hearts – but what if those purposes cannot possibly be achieved? The High Court considered that thorny issue in a guideline case concerning a trust fund which was
Many low-paid workers who have an essential role in keeping the nation moving are at particularly high risk from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a ground-breaking decision, the High Court came to their aid in ruling that the Government is obliged under European law to do
If you have no spouse, child or other dependant you might think there is little point in making a will. However, as a High Court case showed, such an assumption would be seriously wrong if it takes no account of your wider family and the
Practical jokes in the workplace can have grave consequences which are anything but funny – but to what extent do employers bear legal responsibility for such horseplay? In ruling on a personal injury case, the High Court gave important guidance on that issue. The case
Questions as to whether particular goods or services benefit from VAT zero-rating are perennially difficult to answer but can have profound financial implications. In a case on point, a First-tier Tribunal (FTT) ruling that blinds installed in new homes are zero-rated ‘building materials’ delivered a
Football managers notoriously do not enjoy high levels of job security – but they have the same employment rights as anyone else. An Employment Tribunal (ET) strongly made that point in the case of an assistant manager who was given his marching orders without warning
I have an Enduring Power of Attorney…But is it still appropriate? Emma Longstaff | Associate Solicitor Enduring Powers of Attorney were replaced by Lasting Powers of Attorney under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. If you signed an Enduring Power of Attorney before
Local authorities are not required to respond to the full extent of the law to each and every breach of planning control and, in deciding what action, if any, to take, they are entitled to have regard to their limited resources both in financial and
Any organisation that does not have an effective system of succession planning in place must face an uncertain future. As a ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) underlined, however, it is all too easy for such arrangements to be inadvertently infected by forbidden age
