Landowners looking to let a field for solar may be interested in understanding how renewable energy developers generate income. They will usually have two income streams: income from the sale of the electricity generated, and a subsidy paid by the…
What is the issue? Flooding is a growing risk. Aside from physical damage caused by floods, if a property is at risk of flooding it may be difficult to: obtain a mortgage obtain suitable insurance cover, or sell the property. This…
Following the death of an 11-year-old child who was hit by a speedboat whilst attending a friend’s birthday party that took place at a lake, the company that operated the site pleaded guilty to charges brought under the Corporate Manslaughter…
Animal lovers should be aware that planning laws can put a block on their activities, as was illustrated by a case in which a woman who was ordered to remove a stable – and her children’s three pet ponies –…
A senior charity employee, whose post was deleted after her boss decided that there were too many managers and not enough workers actually delivering services, has failed to convince the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that she was unfairly dismissed. The…
In a case which threw into stark relief the ‘cleft stick’ in which employers providing services to children and vulnerable adults often find themselves, a school caretaker who was sacked after facing unsubstantiated allegations of historic child abuse has won…
In a vivid warning to the business community that embittered ex-staff members can sometimes return with a vengeance, a disgruntled computer expert who used his technical skills to take retribution on his former employers after he was made redundant has…
In a signpost decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has rejected novel arguments that agency workers who complete a 12-week qualification period become automatically entitled to the same rights as directly employed personnel who work alongside them. A group of…
A Chinese restaurant which provided a residential property for use as accommodation for employees as part of their contracts of employment has persuaded the First-tier Tribunal that the house was a business asset for the purposes of ‘taper relief’ for…
It is normal for any building divided into flats to have rules relating to the use to which the flats can be put as well as other internal regulations. The potential scope of such regulations was tested in a recent…
