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My gut instinct regarding my last post on Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance’s business structure increasing the costs of accident repair was that it was unlikely to be the end of the matter. Permission had been granted to appeal; I fully expected to see the matter be resolved there. But that would only determine […]
Mr Fallows’ car was damaged by a vehicle owned by the defendants. Liability was not an issue. Mr. Fallows’ vehicle was insured by Royal and Sun Alliance, who sought to recover their costs from the defendant’s insurers. The costs were £1825.53. Not a large sum. However, the defendants objected.
The reason for the objection was […]
Data storage in the cloud is clearly the where things are moving just now. Given the plethora of devices people have — computers at home, laptops and tablets on the move, smartphones in the pocket, it makes perfect sense for all of a person’s devices to use a single, common repository for shared information. Services […]
Back in the middle of may, I had just finished studying my judicial review modules on my law course, and I thought it would be a good use of a free day to head to court to see judicial review in practice. As luck would have it, there was a case listed that day, the […]
A man in Stockport is trying to get his dog back, after he gave it away.
Great story. But the legal aspects are misreported, at best.
Firstly, there is no such law as the “Return of Goods Act.” Assuming what is meant is the Sale of Goods Act 1979 — it’s not relevant. Section two […]
Words I’d never thought I’d utter: I have a reason to watch Sky News. OK, on the web. The reason being is that Sky News is livestreaming the UK Supreme Court.
When the Supreme Court moved into its new home in the Middlesex Guildhall in 2009, it had been fitted out for recording of […]
For a long time, HMRC have taken the view that where the law allows a “reasonable excuse” for the late filing of a return — be that a self-assessment personal tax return, Corporation Tax return, VAT return or PAYE return — the reasonable excuse must relate to an event or situation that was exceptional and […]
The posting on Twitter of the allegations underlying the recent series of superinjunctions provides a good time to take a look at why, in my view, the injunctions are a better thing than you might think.
I’ll do this by working backwards to the injunction. But first, I need to establish one concept.
What is interesting […]
This isn’t a UK case, but I could see the same happening here — as the article states, all the elements of a contract seem to be present:
Instant Messenger Conversation Modifies Contract; Signed With ‘Awesome’:
Many people don’t quite realize that almost any kind of “agreement” can be seen as an enforceable contract […]
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To some, court dress is important.
Getting up and talking in front of people is one of these activities that does not often come naturally. I have been doing in different ways from around the age of 13 — the thick end of thirty years, now. I have done it in a wide range of forms — on stage in plays […]