The Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled that the terms of a woman's leases did not permit her landlord to demand contributions to a 'reserve fund' by way of her service charges. The woman held a long lease of her flat and a further lease granting easements over...
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The Court of Protection has granted declarations sought by two NHS trusts that a pregnant woman lacked capacity and that a care plan which provided for the possibility of her undergoing a caesarean section was in her best interests. The woman was pregnant...
The Supreme Court has clarified the meaning of Regulation 5(2) of the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 , ruling that it does not require that part-time status be the sole ground or reason for less favourable...
A poll recently commissioned by the charity will-writing campaign Will Aid has revealed that two thirds of people either have not made a will or have a will which is out of date. The survey of more than 2,000 adults in the UK found that 57 per cent of them...
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that, when ruling on an appeal against an improvement notice served under Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004 , the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) should consider how matters were at the date of service, rather than at the date of...
The Family Court has dismissed a woman's application to stay divorce and financial remedy proceedings , finding that she had not demonstrated that it would be more appropriate to litigate the issues in Florida. She had met another woman in Switzerland in...
The Upper Tribunal (UT) has upheld a decision refusing a taxpayer permission to bring a late appeal against closure notices issued by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). After HMRC issued closure notices determining an increase in the taxpayer's Income Tax...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a man's appeal against the rejection of his complaints of discrimination arising from disability and victimisation ( Shah v Home Office ). The man had been employed by the Home Office. He had been off sick...
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