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The leaseholders of a flat in a separate wing of a country house have succeeded in their appeal against a determination that they were liable to pay service charges in respect of the common parts of the house. The leaseholders had purchased the flat in...

A company that provides direct-to-consumer genetic testing services has been fined £2.31 million by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for failing to implement appropriate security measures to protect the personal information of UK users. ...

The Family Court has ruled on an application for financial remedies in a case which involved a range of assets and was characterised by animosity and dispute. The husband and wife had married in Cyprus in 2008 and subsequently lived in London. They...

The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has rejected a woman's argument that her former husband was liable to tax on half of the income from a rental property they jointly owned. She and her husband had bought the property in 2013. In 2015 her husband went on...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a woman's appeal against the dismissal of her complaint of victimisation, finding that the Employment Tribunal (ET) had adopted too narrow a definition of what could constitute a protected act and had not...

In a decision that will be welcomed by property developers , the Supreme Court has ruled that if a developer voluntarily remedies defects in a development, there is no rule of law preventing it from seeking damages from the party responsible for the...

In cases regarding medical treatment, judges sometimes have to make difficult decisions urgently in very sad circumstances. Recently, the Court of Protection ruled that it was in the best interests of a woman with anorexia to be fed while under general...

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has dismissed a snack food manufacturer's appeal against a decision that bags of mini-poppadoms it produced were standard-rated for VAT as the mini-poppadoms were made from potato and were similar to crisps. Part II, Group 1 of...

The High Court has refused an application for summary judgment on a claim of deceit in relation to the sale of a business, or alternatively to strike out the claim. The claimant had acquired a health business from the defendants. It claimed that it had...

A woman who stole her daughters' inheritance has been handed a prison sentence and ordered to pay back the money. The woman's mother passed away in 2013. The woman received an inheritance of about £40,000 from her mother's house, while £50,000...