December 18, 2012
Sometimes a person’s estate can be solvent (i.e. able to satisfy the debts, liabilities and administration expenses of the estate) but still not hold enough funds to settle all the monetary legacies listed in the Will. For example, on occasions this might be due to the fact that the estate was unexpectedly depleted by care fees.
December 18, 2012
Lord Justice Leveson, speaking to the Communications Law Centre at the University of Technology in Sydney, prior to the publication of his report, has called for privacy laws to prevent ‘trial by twitter’ and in an attempt to ‘civilise’ the internet.
December 05, 2012
A man's appeal to have his claim heard against former employer Chatham Dockyard out of time has been dismissed on the grounds that a reasonable man would have sought the advice of a GP sooner and therefore established a link between his early onset of deafness and his former employment
December 05, 2012
Lord Justice Leveson has recommended that the UK pass a new law that would ensure the regulation of the press by an independent body.
November 26, 2012
Housing Manager, Adrian Smith, was dismissed from his job by employer the Trafford Housing Trust after posting a comment on facebook about gay marriage has been found to have been wrongfully dismissed
November 26, 2012
Senior judge Mr Justice Foskett, has delivered a speech at the King's College in London during which he suggested that whilst reforms to legal aid would reduce cases of doubtful merit they may also lead to a 'black hole' in the development of case law
November 19, 2012
Millionaire Jeremy Paxton has won on appeal the right to retain the helipad he built in his back garden
November 19, 2012
George Osborne has spoken publicly about his views on gay marriage and abortion
November 13, 2012
Ward LJ has ruled that courts are not bound by figures provided to HMRC for income levels of self-employed absent fathers, they are free to make their own assessment
November 13, 2012
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that former bus driver, Arthur Redfearn, had been dismissed in contravention of Article 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights (Freedom of Assembly and Association)