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Developments that will harm the setting of scheduled ancient monuments (SAMs) will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances. However, the pressing need to increase the nation’s supply of renewable energy is such that a controversial wind farm proposal passed that exacting test. Continue reading →
The adequacy or otherwise of overseas legal systems can sometimes be a factor in deciding whether the English courts should accept jurisdiction to consider cases with a strong foreign link. That was certainly so in a Supreme Court case concerning injury to health allegedly arising from a Zambian copper mining operation. Continue reading →
Healys are delighted to announce that they have been nominated in the Best Conveyancer category at this year’s Specialist Finance Introducer’s award. Continue reading →
Healys advised Michild Limited on the acquisition of a Manchester based child day-care nursery Hazeledge Limited. Continue reading →
Directors of struggling companies all too often place payment of tax at the bottom of their priority lists, with the result that it is the public purse that frequently suffers most in the event of insolvency. However, as a High Court decision showed, such conduct can have career-ending consequences. Continue reading →
Over-stayers and illegal migrants facing removal from the United Kingdom have been given a reprieve in a landmark ruling by the High Court in R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] CO/543/2019, Walker J, 14 March 2019. The Court has ordered a suspension of the current Home Office removal policy. Continue reading →
Under Regulation 12 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR), workers are entitled to an uninterrupted 20-minute rest break if their daily working time exceeds six hours. However, there are exceptions to this general rule to take account of unusual or particular working arrangements where strict compliance would cause operational difficulties, which include where the worker works in railway transport and their ‘activities are linked to transport timetables and to ensuring the continuity and regularity of traffic’. Continue reading →
The Law Society Gazette, the flagship weekly publication of the solicitors representative body, recently ran an article on a report by the National Audit Office (NAO), which revealed that National Health Service waiting lists for elective (pre-planned) treatment and for cancer procedures, had risen from 2.7 million to 4.2 million between March 2013 and November 2018. Quite staggering figures. Continue reading →
Long-standing planning policies tightly control out-of-town retail developments with a view to protecting the viability and vitality of town centre shopping areas. However, as a High Court case illustrated, how such policies are applied on the ground very much depends on local conditions. Continue reading →
Judges interpret tax statutes in the real world and are experienced at looking beyond the detailed provisions of intricate transactions to discern their actual purpose. In a case in point, the Court of Appeal found that Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was payable on the sale of shares in a listed company for £14.3 million. Continue reading →
