Legal News

Taxpayer Had Reasonable Excuse for Failing to Submit Return

A taxpayer who had completed her tax return but had not taken the final step of submitting it has successfully appealed against late filing penalties totalling £1,600 after the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) ruled that she had a reasonable excuse for...

Service Charge Reduction Set Aside on Appeal

A management company has successfully appealed against a service charge determination that resulted in a leaseholder's service charge demand being substantially reduced, on the basis that the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) had not properly explained its...

Court Refuses to Order Children's Return to Lithuania

The Family Division of the High Court has refused a mother's application for an order that her three children should be returned from England to Lithuania . The mother and father were both Lithuanian nationals who had met and begun a relationship in the...

No Transfer of Vicarious Liability Under TUPE, High Court Rules

When a transfer of a business takes place to which the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) applies, does any vicarious liability of the original employer to a third party for wrongdoing by an employee transfer to the...

Law Commission Recommendations to Modernise Wills Law

The Law Commission has published a report, Modernising Wills Law, containing its recommendations to reform the law governing wills. The recommendations are aimed at supporting testamentary freedom, protecting testators, and increasing clarity and certainty...

Restrictive Covenant Was Personal to Original Vendor

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled that a restrictive covenant which required the owners of land to obtain approval from the vendor before a house could be built on it was personal to the original vendor and did not benefit his successors in title. The land...

EAT Upholds Appeal Against Driver's Additional Pay Award

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has allowed an employer's appeal against a decision that there was an implied term in a lorry driver's contract that entitled him to be paid for additional hours worked beyond his intended normal working hours ( Brake...

High Court Settles Disagreement Over Funeral Arrangements

The High Court has ruled on a case in which a deceased man's son and daughter were unable to agree on the funeral arrangements that should be made for him. The man had been born in India but had lived in England for over 70 years. He passed away in...
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