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Five-Figure Damages for Holidaymaker's Paving Stone Fall

A woman who was injured when she fell over a paving stone on the first day of her holiday has obtained compensation. The woman was on a package holiday in Turkey with her husband. They were on their way to dinner and were walking along a path consisting of...
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New Companies House requirements

New accountability rules enacted to improve corporate transparency.  Company directors, people with significant control of a company, or anyone who files information at Companies House on behalf of a company, must ensure they comply with new...
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FTT Did Not Properly Explain Decision to Vary Improvement Notice

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has upheld an appeal by the landlords of a rental property against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) to vary an improvement notice, finding that the FTT had failed to explain why the local authority was justified in...
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Grocery Supplier Fined After Worker Killed by Reversing HGV

A grocery wholesaler has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and fined £1 million following an accident in which a worker was killed by a reversing HGV. The man and a colleague were making a delivery to a store when the accident...
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Elderly Woman Lacked Capacity to Make Final Will

The High Court has ruled that a will made by an elderly woman less than two years before she died was invalid because she lacked testamentary capacity when it was made. The woman had died in October 2014 at the age of 95. In January 2013 she had made a...
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Government Launches Review of Parental Leave

The Government has launched a full review of parental leave and pay, with the aim of better supporting working families and helping children to get the best start in life. The Government says that the current system is complicated and does not always give...
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Compensation Secured for Five-Year Delay in Diagnosing Tumour

A woman whose quality of life has been significantly affected following a five-year delay in diagnosing a benign brain tumour has achieved a compensation settlement. The woman went to see her GP in 2013, suffering from hearing loss and tinnitus. Her GP...
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The Supreme Court Decision in Standish v Standish:

The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment in Standish v Standish , bringing long awaited clarity to one of the most convoluted areas of family law: the distinction between matrimonial and non-matrimonial property. The intention of the judgment was...
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Woman Injured in Car Park Hit-and-Run Obtains Compensation

A woman who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in a supermarket car park has obtained substantial damages. The driver had been involved in a violent confrontation before leaving in his car. He was driving recklessly through the car park and ran...
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Man in Care Home in Wales Habitually Resident in Spain

Paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 gives the Court of Protection the power to exercise its functions under the Act in relation to an adult who is habitually resident in England and Wales. It is therefore sometimes necessary for the...
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