Personal representatives may soon be excused from submitting an IHT400 form where the estate’s assets pass free of inheritance tax (IHT) under the transferable nil rate band rule.

No I’m not talking about the rise to 5% on high end residential property which kicks in next year.

This case concerned MGB’s purchase of one of Kall Kwik’s existing printing services franchises.

A US court has ruled that a database builder who had been authorised by a client to scrape the client's web site on a database built for it by a previous supplier may have been infringing copyright, database rights, trespassing, hacking and breaching the web site's terms of use.

A Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance policy is designed to protect the directors and officers of a company from losses resulting from claims made against them in relation to the performance of their duties.

Danjaq – the owner of the rights in the James Bond film, Dr No - has failed to prevent Mission Productions from registering a European Community trade mark for the term ‘DR NO’ for bags, clothing, food and drink.

Richard Bracchi tried to get his new business up and running as quickly as possible when he copied various data from his old employer and then gave the impression that he was somehow connected to them – but he ended up feeling the full force of the law for his actions.

C assisted its clients in obtaining photocopying equipment. C put forward R as the preferred supplier for its clients.

The former organist of Procol Harum, Matthew Fisher, has won his appeal in the House of Lords to reclaim 40 per cent of the royalties to the musical copyright in the classic 1960s hit 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'.

Tiffany has lost a legal action brought against eBay in which the jewellery shop sought to hold the popular online auction site liable for sales made of counterfeit products through its online platform.

The High Court has ruled that information contained in invoices was confidential so as to enable JN Dairies (‘JND’) to bring an action for breach of confidence against Johal Dairies and Mr Singh.

Wayne Rooney had assigned his image rights to S, to act on his behalf with negotiating sponsorship deals.

Google has been involved in more controversy over its Street View service, as its cars have been inadvertently collecting the contents of wireless communications from people’s unsecured wi-fi networks in streets where they have been snapping.

This shows the need for estate agents' (and other agents') contractual terms to be clearly and carefully drafted so that they don't get cut out of the picture and receive nothing for their efforts.

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government is looking into the possibility of scrapping the controversial IR35 tax law.

The High Court has ruled that fake Nokia mobile phones being shipped from Hong Kong to Colombia, which were stopped in the UK by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, did not fall within the definition of 'counterfeit goods' for the purposes of the Counterfeit Goods Regulation.

The High Court has granted summary judgment to the BBC and Celador in their defence of a claim by Mr Meakin that the broadcaster and production company infringed his copyright by copying his ideas for a game show.

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that price-matching claims made by Ocado, the online supermarket, failed to meet its rules on truthfulness when drawing comparisons with Tesco’s web site.

You are not alone if you are not sure of the differences between shared equity and shared ownership.

The European Commission has recently adopted a new exemption from breaching Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (previously Article 81 of the EC Treaty).