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The Central London County Court handed down its judgement in the case of Thomas and Powell, a case which concerned a dispute between cohabitants about ownership of the former family home following their separation. Case Summary Up until their separation in 2014, Miss Thomas and Mr Powell lived together at a property in Wandsworth Common.
An estate agent who found a buyer for a block of flats cannot claim commission because of failings in his oral contract with the seller. The issue arose over eight flats that had been on the market for some time without selling. An agent offered to find a buyer for the flats and told the
The director of a restaurant has been disqualified for six years for employing illegal workers. Anwar Hussain was the director of a restaurant company trading under the name Mim Spice in Southend-On-Sea. In April 2015, Home Office Immigration Enforcement Officers discovered that Mr Hussain was employing three workers who were not eligible to work in
A property company has won the right to repossess a house after the occupier failed to comply with an obligation to insure it and keep it in good repair. The case involved a woman who had lived in the house all her life. In 1985, ownership passed to her brother. In 2008, the brother sold
A developer has been told he cannot recover overpayments he made on a building project because he knew when he made them that they might be wrong but he failed to investigate. The issue arose after the developer entered into an agreement to acquire a number of sites for a construction company. He agreed to
The Autumn Statement by Chancellor Philip Hammond set out a series of measures to boost house building and provide more homes. The government plans to invest more than £7 billion, which will effectively double the capital spending on housing over the course of this parliament. The latest official figures show that housebuilding is at its
A mother has lost her appeal against a court ruling that her son should live with his father. The case involved a couple who had separated on bad terms having had four children together. The older three children lived with the mother and the fourth child, who was five, lived with the father. The judge
New proposals have been put forward to streamline and speed up the process of buying and selling a home. The new ideas are contained in a discussion document called Modernising the Home Moving Process, which has been drawn up by the Conveyancing Association. The White Paper focuses particularly on the benefits to be gained from
The number of private sector businesses in the UK has hit a record high of 5.5 million, according to the latest official figures. The Business Population Estimates show that the UK had a million more small businesses at the start of 2016 than in 2010. It also had 4,000 more medium-sized businesses and 900 more
An estimated 3,633 companies entered insolvency in the third quarter of this year. That was increase of 2.2% on the previous quarter and a 1.1% increase on the third quarter of 2015. The figures were released by the Insolvency Service, which says the trend in case numbers has been fairly flat over the last year,