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Wine Enterprise Investment Scheme v Crowe UK: auditor negligence, causation and the limits of shareholder recovery

Damages of just over £100,000 awarded after seven years of negligent audits failed to detect a Ponzi-style fraud.

Ugolor v Ugolor: will set aside for want of knowledge and approval after court finds beneficiary likely drafted document

A homemade will leaving an estate to a single child has been pronounced invalid after the High Court found the deceased probably did not know or approve its contents.

Hough v Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service: striking-off upheld after paramedic misconduct findings

Striking-off order confirmed for senior paramedic following dishonesty and unsafe clinical practice.

Khakimov v Amova Asset Management: EAT clarifies section 15 causation and the limits of list of issues re-formulation

EAT dismisses disability discrimination and unfair dismissal appeal following capability-based dismissal.

Colchester Institute Corporation wins Court of Appeal VAT funding battle against HMRC

HMRC v Colchester Institute Corporation [2026] EWCA Civ 363 — government agency funding constitutes VAT consideration for education supplies.

R v CGA & Anor: convictions quashed after jury returns inexplicable joint enterprise verdicts

Convictions quashed where jury found both parents guilty of identical injuries with no joint enterprise case.

Davies v Lettington: Court of Appeal clarifies legal aid rights in civil committal proceedings

A county court judge's refusal to adjourn a committal hearing is overturned after he wrongly believed means-testing applied to legal aid.

TWH Legal Services v Niazi: High Court rules on defamatory online solicitor reviews

A former probate executive's one-star reviews of a solicitor were found defamatory at common law, but primarily of the individual — not the firm.