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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.

Court of Appeal dismisses Rana Kabbani Seale's contempt conviction challenge

Court upholds six-month suspended sentence for persistent breach of court communication order.

Car-Wizard v Vixen Surface Treatments: misrepresentation, collateral contracts and a second-hand lathe sold as new

A car wheel repair business succeeds in claims for breach of collateral contract and negligent misrepresentation after acquiring a defective diamond-cutting lathe via hire purchase.

HMRC v Boehringer Ingelheim: Upper Tribunal rejects pharmaceutical VAT rebate claims

Payments under voluntary pricing schemes do not reduce taxable amount of medicine supplies.

Barbican Quarter Organisation Limited v City of London Corporation: EIA functional separation and demolition avoidance policy

High Court dismisses judicial review of London Wall West planning permission despite finding a breach of reg. 64(2) of the EIA Regulations 2017.

HMRC v O'Neill Wetsuits: Upper Tribunal classifies neoprene wetsuits as textile garments

The Upper Tribunal overturns FTT ruling, finding double-sided neoprene panels fall within Chapter 61.

Titchfield Festival Theatre: Court of Appeal clarifies the counter-factual hypothesis in section 57(4) enforcement reversions

A planning inspector's reliance on new planning unit reasoning to defeat a section 57(4) reverter right was unlawful where that unit arose from the very...