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The High Court has approved a scheme of arrangement allowing for the merger between two significant property companies, Shaftesbury Plc and Capital & Counties Properties Plc (Capco), both with properties in London's West End. Shareholders accepted...
The UK government has announced plans to make mediation mandatory for separating couples before they can go to court to resolve disputes over finances and child custody arrangements. The proposals would apply to all suitable low-level family court cases,...
If you die without leaving a will, you are known as dying ‘Intestate’ and your estate will be distributed according to what are known as the ‘Intestacy Rules’. There are many issues with Intestacy Rules, from the fact that they have...
A business has been granted a new tenancy despite opposition from the landlord, who claimed breaches of the tenancy agreement. The court found that although there were instances of disrepair and rent arrears, the balance of the grounds came down in favour...
The High Court has rejected a man’s claim that he was entitled to inherit his brother’s estate instead of the brother’s wife. The claim was raised nine years after the final estate accounts had been signed. The issue arose because in...
A judge has settled the tricky question in a case that sparked controversy between two leaseholders sharing a roof/floor and the property’s two freeholders. The case involved two maisonettes contained in a house belonging to two freeholders, who...
A banker has lost her discrimination claim after jokes about her grey hair were described by a judge as “part of the irritation of day-to-day office life”. She was made redundant after her employer noted that she had only brought in roughly a...
The executor of a will has been jailed after he refused to give his nephew and niece their part of their grandmother’s inheritance. The uncle simply refused to say what he did with the money, so he was found in contempt of court and had to be located...
A landlord’s notice to quit has been ruled invalid because, although it was delivered to the correct address, it incorrectly identified an individual as the tenant instead of his company. The case involved Thomas and Turner. Mr Thomas had been granted...
New government plans aim to make flexible working the ‘default’ and a right from the beginning of employment. The programme would not be limited to hybrid (office-home) but also include job-sharing, flexitime, and working compressed, annualised...
