The need for more new homes is acute but whether developers get the green light to build can often depend on whether local authorities have made adequate plans for future supplies of housing land. The
Anyone can fall prey to a silver-tongued conman but independent advice can be the best protection. In one case, a fraudster ‘completely dazzled’ an apparently worldly-wise businessman and persuaded him to part with €100 million.
Valuing shares in a company is never easy and it becomes even harder when a business’s accounts do not reflect its true profitability. That was alleged to have happened before two directors fell out and
A farmer who was ordered to pay damages of more than £46,000 by an arbitrator for his alleged breach of contracts to supply feed wheat has won the backing of the Court of Appeal in
Budget 2015 – How will the Inheritance Tax changes affect you? The UK Government announced its Summer Budget 2015 last week and there were some notable changes which affect Inheritance Tax and thus Wills and
Professionals who sign contracts on behalf of their clients should beware following a High Court ruling which paved the way for trial of a £5.1 million claim by Royal Mail Estates Limited against a specialist
A patent which underpins an immensely successful drug used in the treatment of aggressive breast cancer has been declared invalid by the High Court on the basis that the invention it described was ‘obvious’ in
Employment cases are subject to strict time limits and independent advice is essential to avoid the consequences of missing them. In one case, a former university research fellow had her hopes of compensation dashed after
It is a basic principle of law that no one should be condemned without a fair hearing. In one case which illustrated the point, the High Court has ruled that a law firm was wrongly
Neighbourhood development plans (NDPs) have excited much controversy since their introduction by the Localism Act 2011 and a case in which a disappointed housebuilder complained that its land had not been allocated for development was
