LawWorks, a charity which enables access to justice through free legal advice, has set up a professional indemnity insurance (PII) scheme to protect lawyers working on a voluntary basis. Solicitors who are members of LawWorks can apply to be covered…read more
Accountants face £1 billion class action over tax advice. Published August 2019
Accountants are facing a £1 billion class action after recommending a tax avoidance scheme to their small business clients. Company owners were encouraged to buy partly paid ‘E’ shares in what HMRC is calling a ‘disguised remuneration’ scheme. Now the…read more
Property owner wins £50,000 compensation for knotweed infestation. Published August 2019
A property-owner has won costs and damages of £50,000 after a surveyor failed to spot Japanese knotweed growing in the garden of the ground floor flat he was buying. Paul Ryb, who is one of the UK’s top visually impaired…read more
Online Court Procedure Bill challenged by the House of Lords. Published Aug 2019
The House of Lords wants to limit the government’s power to set the rules of the Online Court. Peers think the government’s proposals, set out in a new parliamentary Bill, will give it too much power over online justice. They…read more
Swimming pool company fails in bid to claim on two years’ PI cover. Published Aug 2019
A swimming pool company has not been able to recover all the cost of fixing faulty pools after it reached the limit of indemnity on its professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy. Euro Pools was unsuccessful in a bid to have…read more
