Ignorance of the Law Is No Defence – Or Is It? Child Benefit Tax Ruling
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) must publicise changes in the tax regime and taxpayers are not obliged to go rooting around its website in an attempt to keep up to date.
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Public Notice – Re-Opening To The Public On Monday 20th July
We are re-opening to the public on Monday 20th July 2020. We will be conforming to Government safety guidelines and ensuring all possible measures are in place to provide a safe environment for members of the public and our staff.
COVID -19 | Client Information – Keeping You Updated
We would like to reassure our client’s that it is business as usual and as a firm we intend on supporting our clients through this difficult time.
Coronavirus Guidance Issued for Employers
With headlines continuing to be dominated by the global spread of coronavirus, new guidance has been released by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) to set out the steps that employers should be taking to help protect staff.
4 Million iPhone Users Allowed To Sue Google for ‘Unlawful’ Data Aggregation
Anyone engaged in aggregating valuable personal data from the Internet will have to sit up and take notice after the Court of Appeal paved the way for a consumer rights campaigner to sue Google on behalf of more than four million Apple iPhone users.
High Court Planning Decision Boosts Fight Against Climate Change
The threat of climate change is playing an ever more important part in the formation of planning policy. A High Court case on point concerned a householder’s fear that his neighbour’s extension plans would block light from his domestic array of solar panels.
Royal Opera House Musician’s Right to Compensation Upheld
The Court of Appeal has rejected the argument that music making in Britain will be adversely affected due to a successful claim for compensation from a musician.
Withdrawal of Life – Preserving Treatment Supreme Court Clarifies The Law
In a Supreme Court decision, which will pave the way for decisions to be made in what is agreed by everyone as a very difficult situation, it was announced that where a person is unable to make their own choices, the doctors and families can do so without recourse from the judicial system.
Counterfeit Alloy Wheels Search and Seizure Order Granted
Search and seizure orders are not given lightly by the Courts, in the following case a big car manufacturer sought the order to protect its’ intellectual property rights which were being used by dishonest traders to make what could be seen as a quick and easy profit.
Taking Out Insurance? Have You Disclosed Everything You Should?
Insurance companies have an expectation that their customers will tell them everything they need to know, so they can fully assess the insurance risk they are taking.