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A man who successfully challenged his mother's final will is likely to recover the lion's share of his legal costs after the High Court ruled that his brother, who attempted to uphold the will's validity, should pay his costs on the indemnity basis . In...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to a local authority in respect of a breach of Article 5(1)(f) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation. The local authority had included a spreadsheet in its response to a Freedom of...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics on ill health and injuries in the workplace for the year 2023/24. The number of employees who reported suffering from work-related ill health was 1.7 million. This is broadly...

The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 gives leaseholders the right, under certain conditions, to take over the management of the building they live in. When attempting to exercise this right, however, it is vital to comply with the requirements set...

A company has succeeded in reducing VAT default surcharges of more than £9,000 after the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) found that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) had not demonstrated that a notice in respect of an earlier default surcharge had been...