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The correct approach to take as regards screening for a rare genetic disorder when children are being considered for adoption was tested in the family court recently. The case involved...

When a person gets a ‘bee in their bonnet’ about something, all sense of moderation can go out of the window. When this occurred recently, the result was a...

The term ‘village green’ may conjure up to most people an image of a picturesque piece of open grass. However, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an important test...

The First-tier Tribunal has quashed the penalty assessments made on two taxpayers who had failed to file their tax returns in time, because HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed clearly...

An assertion that cash gifts of £100,000 each to his two daughters should be considered to be part of a deceased man’s estate was given short shrift by the court...

When a divorced wealthy couple sought to wage ‘litigation war’ against one another, running up legal bills of more than £2.7 million in the process, the family judge was unsympathetic. ...

When a woman who was injured in an accident at work and who seemed to be making a good recovery collapsed and died three weeks later, as a result of...

When affairs of the heart went awry, a man faced an unexpected tax bill. The man decided to buy a property in 2001 when he was engaged to be...

In deciding on the meaning of agreements regarding the construction and sale of a residential property, the Court of Appeal has ruled that £35,000 retained from the purchase price should...

A recent case concerned the estate of a woman who died in 2008 aged 98. One of her sons had lived with her during the final three years of her...