In a ruling of great financial significance to the gambling and racing industries, the Court of Appeal has ruled that sophisticated customers of Betfair and other online betting exchanges do not fit the definition of
Apartment owners who complained of ‘excessively bouncy’ floors, smelly drains and sound insulation so poor that they can hear their neighbours’ footsteps have won more than £800,000 compensation from the developers of the residential block
It has been 12 years since the collapse of insurer Equitable Life, which had more than a million members. In that time, the financial pieces have been picked up and a compensation pot of £370
In an important ruling for landlords and tenants, the court of appeal has decided that a shop with a flat above it could not reasonably be described as ‘a house’ within the meaning of the
In a ruling which underlines the pitfalls of the PAYE system, a tribunal has expressed sympathy for a worker who says that he was issued with a substantial retrospective tax demand due to a calculation
Because of the data protection risks they pose and their widespread use, mobile phone apps are currently a priority for the EU data protection authorities. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has recently submitted
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have announced that a clutch of Caribbean tax havens – Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands – are to supply them with information
A deal between the tax authorities and banking giant, Goldman Sachs, has caused ‘grave public disquiet’ and should be declared unlawful, it has been argued at the High Court. The unprecedented case is being brought
Despite concerns being raised in respect of flood risks, pollution and the potential impact on colonies of rare bats, newts and butterflies, the High Court has opened the way for development of a huge ‘energy
In the context of a landlord and tenant dispute in respect of an agricultural tenancy, a professional arbitrator’s ‘unimpressive’ reasoning was ‘just about enough’ to enable the parties to understand his decision and to avoid
