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A poll recently commissioned by the charity will-writing campaign Will Aid has revealed that two thirds of people either have not made a will or have a will which is out of date. The survey of more than 2,000 adults in the UK found that 57 per cent of them...

Substantial compensation has been secured for a girl who suffered a brain injury as a result of a delay in her delivery. She required intensive resuscitation after her birth and was not initially expected to survive. She was eventually able to be discharged...

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that, when ruling on an appeal against an improvement notice served under Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004 , the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) should consider how matters were at the date of service, rather than at the date of...

The Family Court has dismissed a woman's application to stay divorce and financial remedy proceedings , finding that she had not demonstrated that it would be more appropriate to litigate the issues in Florida. She had met another woman in Switzerland in...

A substantial settlement has been achieved for an 80-year-old man who developed mesothelioma many years after he was exposed to asbestos at work. The man had worked as a plumber at a hospital, where he had removed asbestos lagging from pipes using hand...

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has upheld a decision refusing a taxpayer permission to bring a late appeal against closure notices issued by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). After HMRC issued closure notices determining an increase in the taxpayer's Income Tax...

When ruling on the interpretation of a contractual agreement, the courts' primary focus is on the wording of the agreement itself. Recently, a man who had sold a company successfully applied to the High Court for summary judgment by way of declarations as...

A man has obtained a six-figure sum in compensation after he sustained a serious foot injury in a road collision. He initially believed that he had suffered a soft tissue injury in the accident, but was eventually diagnosed with a Lisfranc fracture. Despite...

A husband and wife who abused their positions as attorneys of the husband's elderly parents have been sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to return the money they stole. The couple had made over 100 transfers from the husband's parents' bank...

Compensation has been secured for a passenger on a cruise ship who suffered a serious ankle injury when she slipped on a puddle of water in her cabin. She had previously reported that the toilet in her cabin was leaking, and believed that it had been...