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If a building is a house in multiple occupation (HMO) within the meaning of Section 254 of the Housing Act 2004 , can dwellings within the building also be houses for the purposes of the selective licensing scheme in Part 3 of the Act? The Upper Tribunal...
The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has upheld a taxpayer's appeal against a decision by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that he was resident in the UK in the 2019/20 tax year, finding that 'transit days' and an extra day he spent in the UK after his flight was...
A substantial compensation settlement has been obtained for an electrical linesman who suffered life-changing injuries when he fell from a pylon. He had attached himself to the pylon using a harness and rope. The strut he was attached to came loose and he...
The High Court has ruled that a will made by an elderly woman with dementia, in which she disinherited one of her sons, was invalid due to lack of testamentary capacity and want of knowledge and approval. The woman's previous will, made in 2018, divided...
A substantial compensation settlement has been achieved for a man who developed mesothelioma decades after being exposed to asbestos at work. The man had worked as a lagger and metal cladder for several insulation companies during the 1970s. In his role, he...
In certain circumstances, owners of leasehold flats have a legal right to buy the freehold of the building together with other leaseholders. This process is known as collective enfranchisement. For collective enfranchisement to be available, the building...
A fencing contractor has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after one of its employees suffered an electric shock while working on a construction site. The employee was using a breaker to dig into the ground as part of preparations to...
An engineering and consulting company has been fined nearly £13 million by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under Section 91 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 , after it published inaccurate information in its full-year 2022 and 2023...
The Supreme Court has ruled that the costs of surveys and studies in connection with the construction of wind farms were not 'capital expenditure on the provision of plant' for the purposes of Section 11(4)(a) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 , and...
The government has published provisional statistics on injuries on public roads in Great Britain during 2025. In reported road collisions, there were an estimated: 1,556 fatalities, a decline of 3 per cent compared to 2024; 29,911 people killed...
