A company has succeeded in establishing that tax advice given to it by its lawyers in the wake of a Euros 1.5 billion corporate merger was inadequate. However, its claim for damages ultimately failed in
Wildlife preservation is a vital factor in many planning decisions and, in one such case, greater crested newts had a central part to play after developers put forward rival proposals for crematoria in an area
On 6 April 2015, the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No 2) Regulations 2015 came into force. These aim to crack down on false self-employment and abuse of offshore working by introducing reporting
It is often the case that Companies and HR Staff will be faced with disciplinary meetings comprising of a multitude of issues to be determined or which have resulted in the need to call a
Those who submit contract disputes to adjudicators will normally have to live with their decisions, however much they may disagree with them. In illustration of the point, a company was ordered to pay more than
Title deeds obviously need careful perusal before investing in property; however, one property developer came expensively unstuck due to a 100-year-old indenture which was invoked by objectors and stymied its house building plans. The developer
Solicitors Josiah Hincks, with offices across Leicestershire, have proved that where there is a Will, there is definitely a way by raising over £11,000 for charity during November 2014’s Will Aid campaign. Will Aid clients
The apportionment of risk in international trade is a common source of dispute and, in one such case, the High Court has come to the aid of a shipping company which was left holding a
A manufacturing company which was convicted of corporate manslaughter after one of its workers was burnt alive in an industrial oven from which he could not escape has been fined £200,000. Its technical director was
Those who are lucky enough to own the freehold of their homes are considered lords of their own castles. However, that is not true in every case, as one bungalow owner found out when he
