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The Court of Appeal has recently heard an appeal by a solicitor’s firm who in the lower court had been made to pay a previous client £186,000 in damages. This was as a result of failing to advise the client about restrictive covenants which...
Neighbour disputes that are contested in court are often viewed negatively by a judge and recent cases have seen the courts order disproportionately high penalties to the parties for their failure to gather the evidence. In one case this year, the...
Nuisance goes beyond damage being caused to your property. It can also be caused when your neighbour uses their property or behaves in a way which has detrimental effect on your property. It does not necessarily have a physical effect – your neighbour...
At present there is no housing legislation in place to protect private renting tenants facing eviction from vengeful landlords. The term ‘Retaliatory Eviction’ has often been used to describe a situation where a tenant raises a complaint to...
In recent times there has been no other profession which has been hit harder with major changes and cuts than the legal profession. Access to justice has been stripped away from the consumer in the form of legal aid cuts, increase to the small claims...
The amount recovered from convicted white-collar criminals is falling as fraudsters devise increasingly complex ways of hiding their assets. The Serious Fraud Office confiscated £3.9 million in proceeds of crime over the period 2012 to 2013, despite...
This first appeared in the Wigan Observer on May 21st 2014. Q: I have read an article that suggests the amount of domestic abuse cases rises during the World Cup. Is this true? A: As England’s domestic football season comes to a close with last...
The National Care of the Dying Audit for Hospitals (England) Report, published this week, has looked at the care given to over 6,500 patients who passed away in hospital last year. The report, which has been led by the Royal College of Physicians in...
I am often on the look-out for any decisions which assist lawyers and money advisers on examples of unfair business practices in the arena of consumer credit. A recent example of unfair commercial practice has been illustrated in a case in the Court of...
Lee Ryan attended Ealing Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of breath and criminal damage. The pop star who is a member of boy band, Blue, was arrested at 5.30 am on a Friday morning after being pulled over by police...
This was first published in the Wigan Observer on May 6th. Q: I have heard something about changes to the family courts and mediation? What does this mean for separating couples? A: From April 22nd 2014, the Family Law system has undertaken what some see...
The High Court in Manchester has recently made a very interesting decision in the case of E.Surv Ltd v Goldsmith Williams Solicitors [2014] EWHC 1104 (Ch). This was a claim brought by a surveyor against the solicitors that acted for the borrower...
Leylandii hedges have been voted Britain's most hated garden tree and have been subject to a wealth of property disputes which have been reported in the media. In 1999, a man who had been battling for 20 years to get his neighbour's 10.5m hedge cut...
Resource website Community Care has published an analysis of 55 local authorities adult social care budgets for 2014-2015 . Given ongoing cuts to public funding , local authorities are under pressure to continue to cut their budgets. In the Community Care...
The BBC is currently showing a documentary series about the complex and often harrowing decisions that need to be made in relation to the care of older people within the community. The latest episode, shown last week, highlighted the...
