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A woman has failed to overturn her mother's will, after claiming it left too much to her formerly estranged sister. The claimant failed to prove that her sister had “poisoned” her mother’s mind, so the court ruled that the will should...
Fundamental changes championed by the Court of Protection came into force on the 1 st of January 2023 and are soon to be enforced permanently from February 2023. The registration process to become someone’s deputy, that is to act on their behalf if...
A youth support worker has lost his disability discrimination claim because a tribunal ruled that the law was only designed to protect disabled workers against unfair treatment, it was not intended to give them an advantage over their colleagues. The case...
A salesman has won an unfair dismissal claim after he was fired for making personal calls on the company phone and giving a customer his personal phone number, because his employer made no attempts to contact him during the disciplinary proceedings. The...
Prolonged by a year to the end of December 2023, the scheme allows new buyers to provide mortgages that cover 95% of the total value of their property. This will help people with 5% deposits on to the property ladder. The government has extended the...
The government is to use its levelling up strategy to put pressure on developers to deliver more homes more quickly and make it easier for councils to regenerate disused land to create thriving communities. Amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration...
A mother has been awarded £60,000 after her bosses ‘gas-lighted’ her into working full-time hours after her maternity leave despite being on a part-time contract. Donna Patterson worked as a buyer in the Morrisons' supermarket online...
A father, who had promised his son that he would inherit a portion of the family farm and later disinherited him over a dispute, underwent a long legal process against his offspring. The son claimed to have worked at the farm for token wages for years under...
Despite not being her son and regardless that she had made no specific statements about his inheritance in her will and that her own child had been granted letters of administration to her assets, a 12-year-old boy has been appointed £50,000 from his...
The Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Bill will extend protection currently available only for parents on some type of relevant leave, to pregnant women and new parents returning to work. Before dismissal, employers must offer suitable alternative...
