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    Company Recovers Domain Name from Web Developer

    If a business discovers that someone else has registered a UK domain name which is similar to its own name or trading style, it can make a complaint to Nominet UK through its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). Recently, a DRS complaint made by an...

    Life-Sustaining Treatment Not in Disabled Boy's Best Interests

    In cases of serious injury or disability, judges may be called upon to make difficult decisions about whether it is in the patient's best interests to continue life-sustaining treatment. A tragic High Court case concerning a severely disabled four-year-old...

    Manager Who Overpaid Himself Breached Fiduciary Duties

    In a decision that will serve as both a relief and a warning to companies with trusted key employees, the High Court has ruled that a manager who made unauthorised payments to himself from his employer's bank account over an eight-year period was liable to...

    Wife's Needs Must Be Met Despite Pre-Marital Agreement

    When couples divorce, the courts will take pre-marital agreements (PMAs) into account but will also consider the needs of each spouse. This principle was demonstrated recently in financial remedy proceedings before the Family Court. The couple had signed...

    Advice on Business Sale Not Tax Deductible, Supreme Court Rules

    The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by an investment holding company in respect of whether professional fees in connection with selling a business could be deducted from its profits for Corporation Tax purposes. The company was part of a corporate...

    Woman and Ex-Husband Must Repay Funds Missing from Mother's Estate

    A woman and her ex-husband who allegedly lost substantial funds belonging to the woman's mother have been ordered by a judge to pay back the missing money. After the mother died in 2019, at the age of 86, the woman's sister brought proceedings in an effort...

    Tenant Succeeds in Reducing Insurance Costs

    Tenants who feel that they are being overcharged for services in connection with their properties are able to challenge the reasonableness of their charges. The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) recently reduced the amount a tenant was required to pay for insurance...

    Poultry Workers Not Entitled to NMW for Travel to Farms

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that poultry workers were not 'working' while travelling from their homes to farms where they carried out their duties and back again, and were not entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for the...

    FCA Secures Order Against Unauthorised Mortgage Broker

    An unauthorised mortgage broker and its associates who exploited vulnerable consumers have been ordered by the High Court to pay £4 million to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) . The order was obtained against a company that arranged mortgages...

    RTM Company Cannot Recover Legal Fees from Tenant

    When incurring costs in respect of a property, landlords should consider at an early stage whether these will be recoverable through the tenants' service charges. A right to manage (RTM) company recently failed to persuade the Upper Tribunal (UT) that legal...
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