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As of 19 June 2026, all of the data protection provisions in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 are now in force. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has updated its guidance for organisations on the Act accordingly. The guidance now includes an...

Seeking redress for defamatory statements can often be complex, but it is certainly not impossible. Recently, a woman succeeded in obtaining damages from a journalist who had misrepresented what she had said in an interview with him, as well as from an...

A construction company and its sole director have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a mobile tower scaffold fell onto a busy high street, seriously injuring two members of the public. The scaffold had been put up during...

Imprecise drafting in a will is a recipe for litigation and dispute later on. A recent High Court decision on the interpretation of an ambiguous clause in a man's will illustrates the kinds of issues that can arise. The man had made a will in 2007 leaving...

Failures by a taxpayer's agent are generally treated as failures by the taxpayer for the purposes of whether there is a good reason for failing to bring an appeal in time. A recent case in which a taxpayer was refused permission to appeal more than three...

A substantial damages settlement has been obtained for a 48-year-old man whose health was significantly affected by a seven-month delay in diagnosing tongue cancer. He had developed a tongue ulcer which became increasingly painful. He had difficulty eating...

Businesses whose premises are compulsorily acquired are entitled to compensation for loss of profits and any reduction in the value of the business, as well as the value of the premises themselves. Recently, the Upper Tribunal (UT) found that compensation...

Under Section 58(5) of the Family Law Act 1986 , the courts cannot make a declaration that a marriage was void at its inception. That recently proved fatal to an application for a declaration as to marital status by a husband who had undergone a marriage...

A compensation settlement has been agreed in the case of a woman who was hit by a motorbike on a pedestrian crossing. She suffered fractures to her rib and pelvis and soft tissue injuries. She was unable to leave her bedroom for four months after the...

The Companies Act 2006 gives the courts a range of powers to assist shareholders who have been unfairly prejudiced by the way a company they hold shares in has been run. Recently, the High Court found that a man had suffered unfair prejudice after he was...