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Motorway neighbours lose council tax claim

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • December 23 2008

Can the owner of a house next to a motorway apply for a reduction in Council Tax if traffic on the motorway has increased so much that it may have reduced the value of the house?

Bank must honour agreement

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 12 2009

The outcome of a recent case will be regarded with relief by anyone who is having trouble with their bank an increasing problem as the credit crunch continues

Tax - negligence and the burden of proof

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 2 2009

When HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) believe that a taxpayer has understated their income, an assessment is raised to collect the tax which they calculate has been underpaid

UK Intellectual Property Office issues new guidance on software patents

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 14 2009

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) issued new guidance (the Guidance) on how patent examiners will assess the patentability of software implemented inventions

BSkyBITV

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • January 7 2009

A recent judgment of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), dismissing an appeal by BSkyB (the UK’s largest pay TV provider), has upheld a decision of the Secretary of State of January 2008 (implementing a Report from the Competition Commission) that BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9 percent shareholding in ITV (a UK national terrestrial television broadcaster) would give rise to adverse effects on competition

Patents Court upholds supplementary protection certificate for a novel enantiomer in Generics UK Limited v Daiichi

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • December 31 2008

Generics (UK) Limited (“GUK”) was unsuccessful in its attempt before the Patents Court (Mr Justice Kitchin) to revoke Daiichi's Supplementary Protection Certificate (“SPC”) in respect of levofloxacin

Causation battle

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 31 2008

XL Insurance has defeated a claim against its policyholder Johnston Precast Ltd by proving that it was not responsible for a burst water main in Holland Park in 2004 (J Murphy & Sons Limited v Johnston Precast Limited

Restrictive covenants can a local authority enforce a covenant preventing development for which it has granted planning permission?

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 14 2009

In the April 2008 edition of property update, we considered the case of Re Alisha House

Trees do not a forest make

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 19 2008

A recent court ruling has confirmed the right of a garden owner to manage his garden without undue interference from the Forestry Commission

Limitation in professional negligence claims

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 31 2008

First instance judges have rejected claimants' attempts to defeat limitation arguments by postponing the accrual of their cause of action in two cases since the Court of Appeal's decision in the summer in Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services

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