New rules were introduced on 1 August 2018 concerning disqualification of trustees, widening the grounds and now also applying these to senior manager positions.

Although you may continue to be frustrated about the lack of clarity in the Brexit negotiations, the European Medicines Agency (EMA)

The Court of Appeal has recently dismissed the landlords' appeal that their purported forfeiture of a lease (after enforcement agents had used the commercial rent arrears recovery (CRAR) ...

From 1 April 2019, all VAT registered businesses, including charities and social enterprises, with a taxable turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) ...

The recent case of Cowan v Foreman considers the effectiveness of standstill agreements (agreements between the lawyers to defer the claim until after the legal deadline) in claims under the Inheritance Act 1975.

When Sarah Weisz's husband died, his Will gave her only his share in their matrimonial home, and that was subject to a mortgage.

After the pre-election political high drama over whether the UK would be leaving Europe, the resounding conservative victory in December means that the UK will be departing Europe at ...

Since 31 December 2019, opposite-sex couples have been able to enter into civil partnerships P) in England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland are expected to follow suit soon.

Currently, capital gains arising on the sale of residential property in the UK must be reported on your annual tax return and submitted in the following tax year, either by 31 October...

Bristol CC's decision to reduce its special educational needs budget by over £5million has been overturned after a successful judicial review brought by families affected.

The Charity Commission launched a survey in the spring to establish whether their guidance met the needs of those charities working internationally.

The Charity Commission in its latest monitoring reviews of charity trustees' annual reports and accounts, revealed an improvement in the quality of public reporting.

ACAS have released new guidance on employment references, which covers matters such as whether or not a reference must be provided, what a reference can include and whether an employer can give a bad reference.

The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 received the royal stamp of approval this month.

Tenants at an airfield contested their Landlord's notice to terminate their 1954 Act protected tenancies. The Landlord wished to promote the airfield site as a residential development.

In a recent case the tenant applied to court for an injunction preventing its neighbour from increasing the height of its building and infringing it's right to light.

The government is consulting on its proposal to prevent landlords from evicting residential tenants without a reason. It is proposed that unless a Landlord can demonstrate a "good reason"

Under current IHT laws, most (not all!) married couples and civil partners can pass their entire estate to each other when they die without having to pay any IHT.

Suzanne Bingham considers a recent unreported judgment in the County Court that confirms that failure by Landlords to supply a current gas certificate to residential tenants at the start

A recent s84 of the Law of Property Act 1925 application in the Upper Tribunal successfully modified a planning restriction on the ground that it did not secure any practical benefit...