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Stamp Duty Land Tax Test Case Focuses on London Garden Square
Flat tenants often enjoy a right to use communal gardens – but what effect do such arrangements have…
Tenacious Hotel Owner Achieves 70 Per Cent Cut in Rateable Value
Business owners who feel that their non-domestic rates bills are unfairly high should seek professional advice without delay.…
High Court Bans Use of Town’s Seafront Hotels as Hostels for Asylum Seekers
The Home Office has a duty to house the tens of thousands of destitute migrants making their way…
Church of Scientology Succeeds in Guideline Non-Domestic Rates Appeal
Few will be surprised to hear that statutory tax exemptions are narrowly interpreted. However, the Church of Scientology’s…
Senior Executive Leaving? Informal, Oral Agreements are a Recipe for Dispute
The circumstances in which senior executives depart from companies in which they have played a lynchpin role can…
Farmer Wins Substantial Damages After Wayleave Contractors Damage Field
Farmers are often required to give contractors access to their fields so that they can work on utilities…
Flat Dwellers Triumph in Tate Modern Nuisance Claim – Supreme Court Ruling
Mere overlooking by one property over another may not amount to a legal nuisance – but the Supreme…
Restrictive Covenants – Objectors Succeed in Blocking Flats Development
If a neighbour has been granted planning permission for a development to which you object, you may feel…
Proposed Crematorium Will Not Contravene Edwardian Pubic Health Statute
Objectors’ hopes of blocking development of a new crematorium on a Green Belt site have been dashed after…
Supreme Court Lays Down the Law on Commercial Property Service Charges
Many commercial leases appear to confer on landlords a wide and unilateral power to calculate and demand payment…
High Court Strikes a Delicate Balance in Public Contract Tendering Dispute
In public contract tendering disputes, judges are often called upon to strike a delicate balance between commercial interests…
Employment Dispute Settlement Precludes Subsequent Victimisation Claim
The vast majority of employment cases end in compromise, thus doing away with the need for a public…
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