‘Bedroom Tax’ Upheld by High Court
The legal challenge to the ‘bedroom tax’, under which benefit claimants are faced with cuts to housing benefits if their properties are ‘too big’, has failed in the High Court today. The challenge
Court Saves Meat Company Threatened by EU Ban
A meat company that faced being put out of business – with a loss of 40 jobs and £5 million of investment – by Food Standards Agency (FSA) restrictions on the sale of its
Court has Jurisdiction to Rule of Foreign Land Dispute
In a ruling which helps to define the dividing line between the concepts of domicile and habitual residence, the Court of Appeal has dismissed a dual nationality businessman’s plea that the English courts have
Employment Law Changes
Employers are reminded that several important changes to employment law were introduced on 29 July 2013. Compromise agreements have been renamed ‘settlement agreements’ and new provisions (Section 111A) have been inserted into the
Employment Law and Employment Tribunal Changes 29th July 2013
An update on the changes to the Employment Tribunal regime July 2013.
‘Elegant’ Scheme to Avoid £2.6 Million in Stamp Duty Fails
In a ruling which vividly underlines that even the best laid tax plans cannot always succeed, a ‘simple and elegant’ scheme which was designed to save £2.6 million in stamp duty on the purchase
Chalet Tenants Cannot Escape Service Charges ‘Bad Bargain’
In a case which starkly underlines the dramatic and often unforeseen impact compound interest can have on apparently modest service charges, holiday chalet tenants who could end up paying their landlord more than a million
How to Identify a Company’s Domicile? – Sign Post Ruling
In a ruling which gives useful guidance on how to identify a company’s country of domicile, the High Court has refused to entertain personal injury claims by more than 1,000 gold mine workers against
Waste Deposit Farmer Receives £156,000 Confiscation Bill
A farmer who was hit with a £156,000 confiscation order after he admitted allowing the illegal depositing of waste on one of his fields has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that he
High Speed Rail Link Objectors Head to Supreme Court
Objectors to the government’s controversial plans for a multi-billion-pound high speed rail link slashing travel times between London and Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds today failed in their latest legal challenge to the proposals. However,