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Presumptions and Evidence – the High Court’s Decision on Council Tax Exemption Appeal
The appeal was made by three local authorities in respect of a decision of the President of the Valuation Tribunal for England in May 2014 (Please click here for a […]
Time for the innovators?
What George Osborne has delivered is the prospect of some new money being raised in particular by local authorities and a £1.5 billion increase in the Better Care Fund. Whilst […]
New Government Guidance on disposal of Local Authority Assets: are we “on-message”?
The Guidance gives direction on property disposals for local authorities, alongside details of other government policies to support them to dispose of sites that could be made surplus. The Government […]
Brexit and Private Clients – what next?
Devaluations Over the last few days, the plummeting value of sterling and the volatility in the stock markets have been big news. Markets hate uncertainty and at the moment, there […]
Brexit, Article 50 and Family Law: A cause for concern or an opportunity?
The post-Brexit fall-out has been noticeable by the number of ‘unknowns’ and ‘what-ifs?’. We’re not any clearer on what the UK will look like, nor how our European neighbours will […]
Out of sight, out of mind? Not so when supporting charitable projects overseas
Inquiry The Grail Trust (“the Trust”) was set up in 1976 for the purposes of advancing religion and education and the relief of poverty. The Trust provided financial support to […]
Trustee training with a difference
1. What makes the training you deliver for Thera Trust directors different from other client training? The training aims to engage everyone regardless of their previous legal knowledge, education or learning […]
The impact of the CSR and Autumn Statement 2015 on local authorities – doing the hokey cokey with the Chancellor!
All is not healthy with Social Care, nor will it get better Councils responsible for social care will now be able to levy a social care ‘precept’ of up to […]
Why won’t you let us be a family? – Surrogacy and the need for reform.
The law is this area is primarily governed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (HFE 1990) and whilst the Act has been reviewed in both 2004 and 2007 […]
PSC Registers: a practical guide for housing associations
Key to note is that the rules do not apply to registered societies/community benefit societies (formerly industrial and provident societies) – but they will apply to any companies within the […]
AirBn Breach! Subletting leaseholders
The issue in this case was simple: A long lease contained a covenant not to use the demised premises, or permit them to be used, for any illegal or immoral […]