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A long leaseholder (a company) has failed in a High Court attempt to block neighbouring property owners’ plans for a substantial basement extension, comprising a swimming pool, play room and...

A holidaymaker who slipped on a wet marble floor has won £8,500 in compensation for the injuries she suffered. The woman, who is in her 50s, was on a...

When a widow gave a power of attorney to her solicitor in 1985, she also executed a conveyance over the property in which she lived which made her son the...

The opportunities for obtaining tax relief in a prior year are normally limited, but one such opportunity is often overlooked. HM Revenue and Customs do allow taxpayers to carry...

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. ...