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Supreme Court rules in favour of ex-wives to re-open divorce proceedings

The Supreme Court has today decided that the cases of Sharland v Sharland and Gohil v Gohil (which were jointly heard by the Supreme Court in June 2015) should be re-examined by the High Court.
14 October 2015

Bidding for sporting eligibility: a glance at Bridge's hand

The English Bridge Union has taken legal action against Sport England, after it refused to recognise the card game as a sport.
14 October 2015

Employment Edit – what's new in employment law

Limited companies, LLPs and age discrimination; the death of safe harbor; shared parental leave and pay for working grandparents by 2018. 
08 October 2015

Employment law changes in October 2015

There are a number of employment law changes that came into effect in October 2015.
08 October 2015

Carrier bags and consumer rights

With the excitement surrounding charges for carrier bags , consumers might have missed another significant milestone: that October has also brought the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
07 October 2015

Judge refuses to revisit judgment because evidence was missed out of the court papers

When evidence is inadvertently left out of the papers put before the court, can the judge revisit the judgment when the missing material comes to light?
06 October 2015

Limitations on the scope for banks to identify the mistaken recipients of bank transfers

When a bank’s mistake leads to the wrong person receiving a transfer of money, a ‘Norwich Pharmacal’ order can be used to identify them.
01 October 2015

Employment Edit – what's new in employment law

BIS factsheet summarising the measures in the Enterprise Bill; Fit for Work referrals; BIS has issued a call for evidence on tips, gratuities, cover and services charges; and more...
24 September 2015

Public sector pensions and exit payments

A new £95,000 cap will apply to exit payments for public sector workers, the Government has confirmed. This follows its manifesto promise and a consultation.
24 September 2015

Widespread errors in European procurement should lead to EU funds being withheld

There were errors in 40 per cent of the public procurement processes used to distribute EU budget funds in 2007-2014.
24 September 2015

When no profit IS a profit: GDF Suez v Teeside [2015] UKFTT 0413 (TC)

A recent First-Tier Tribunal case demonstrates that accounts, prepared in accordance with UK GAAP, do not always reflect companies profits for tax purposes.
15 September 2015

£17.5m payment to remove restrictions on selling shares not deductible for CGT

In a recent case, HMRC was successful in arguing that a payment made by a taxpayer to remove restrictions on his right to sell shares could not be deducted from his gains on selling those shares.
15 September 2015

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