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Matthew Haydon v R: Court of Appeal clarifies "likely" in explosive substances offences

Court confirms "likely" means "could well happen" rather than "more probable than not"

Cloisters Business Centre v Anvari: mixed-use premises and service charge protection

Court confirms tenants of mixed-use properties qualify for statutory service charge controls.

NHS commissioning activities fall outside TUPE protection, Court of Appeal rules

Employment law case clarifies when healthcare reorganisations trigger transfer protections for staff.

BTR Core Fund v HMRC: Upper Tribunal clarifies overpayment relief exclusions

Stamp duty land tax overpayment relief and the meaning of "mistake in a claim"

Court of Appeal rules criminal earnings count as income for ESA purposes

Criminal activity constitutes work and generates income for benefits assessment purposes.

Alpha Anne v Great Ormond Street Hospital: Indirect discrimination and TUPE transfers

Post-transfer pay disparity constitutes unlawful indirect race discrimination despite TUPE complications.

Edozo Limited v Valos (UK) Limited: functionality of computer programs not protected by copyright

Software functionality copying does not infringe underlying source code copyright in UK law.

Mahadevan Krishnamohan v Secretary of State: planning permission validity and procedural compliance

Certificate of lawfulness rejected after attempt to circumvent Green Belt occupancy conditions fails