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Off-plan buyers do not have to complete property purchase
A recent ruling in the High Court of Northern Ireland has some potentially important implications for matters of rescission (where a contract is treated at an end) in England and Wales.
Mr Justice Deeney ruled that two men do not have to complete the purchase of an off-plan apartment at a...
Getting one over on the tax man
It's always good to get one over on the tax man. One of our clients has done just that in a test case that has the effect of benefiting over 30 other clients of ours. We are acting for a number of appellants who are involved in proceedings before the Tax Tribunal. Our...
Why settle for anything else than a four year battle with the defendant?
I rarely read newspapers because I've noticed an increasing trend towards sensationalism in most of them over recent years, however our resident PR/Media guru Danielle Gibson keeps us all up to date on what is being written about the Personal Injury industry. I am a senior associate at JMW and...
PIP implant scare may result breach of contract claims
Many woman affected by the recent PIP scare may have thought of pursuing a personal injury or clinical negligence claim but what they may not have considered are the contractual implications. If PIP implants have ruptured causing silicone to leak, even if this has not resulted in serious...
Online litigation: a false economy?
Sometimes 'do it yourself' litigation can play right into the hands of solicitors.
The Commercial Litigation team at JMW was recently instructed by a company which had two claims made against it via Money Claim Online (MCOL). Initially, the claims appeared to be straight...
Land of the free but not for much longer
I was shocked to see a story in the New Statesman yesterday, which shows members of America's Republican Party agreeing that the uninsured should be allowed to die.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/star-spangled-staggers/2011/09/die-uninsured-society-debate
In brief, the...
ABI Compensation Report: A difference of opinion
The ABI (Association of British Insurers) has just published a report which claims that Britian has a broken compensation system that is letting down too many genuine claimants, whilst allowing too many spurious and wasteful claims to clutter the system and drive up costs. Some leading...
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