When HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) suspect serious tax evasion, they will normally launch a full-scale tax investigation into the person they suspect. They use many tools in such investigations and one of the more common ones is to compare…
Contract adjudicators provide an essential service but, if they get things wrong, the High Court is always there as a back-stop. In one case on point, a developer won back over £1 million it had been directed to pay to…
When a tenant of industrial land failed to adhere to a notice to quit the premises, the landlord brought a legal action under the law of trespass for its lost rental income – £12,000 per annum. The tenant did nothing…
If you live in a block of flats, the law is there to protect you against noise or other nuisance caused by fellow residents. In a recent case, a woman who sued her upstairs neighbours over what she described as…
In a cautionary tale for property developers, a company that slapped concrete render and white paint onto a red brick townhouse in a conservation area faced having to knock down two of the building's external walls following a High Court…
Valuing commercial property is an inexact science and expert opinions can diverge dramatically. That was certainly so in one case in which the owner of a bulk liquid storage depot succeeded in establishing that it had for more than a…
The wording of even widely used insurance policies is often not as neat and elegant as it should be and that is why judges are so frequently called upon to resolve issues of interpretation. One example concerned a medical company's…
Memory sticks can fit in any pocket and provide an easy means for disloyal workers to lift their employer's confidential information with a view to setting up on their own. Exactly that happened in one case in which two recruitment…
If you are owed a debt for work done, any delay in seeking legal advice could result in you being left empty handed. In one case on point, an architectural practice that claimed to be owed almost £25,000 for its…
There is a strong public interest in the rehabilitation of offenders but there are also powerful reasons why those with convictions for dishonesty or violence should be screened out of the medical and other professions. That dichotomy was the focus…