Yorkshire Building Society has recently published research which indicates that many first time buyers are planning inaccurately for the costs of buying their first home, and urges first-time buyers to...

The Supreme Court has recently ruled that the UK Government’s ban on civil partnerships for different-sex couples in England and Wales is discriminatory and in breach of human rights. Case...

A recent publication from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed which groups of women are most at risk of experiencing partner abuse. Key Findings Key findings from the...

Saving enough money for a deposit continues to be one of the main barriers to home ownership for first-time buyers, new research has found. Buying As a Group However, according...

Finance and banking trade association, UK Finance, recently published figures giving an update on levels of activity within the mortgage market in the UK. According to the figures, March 2018...

The highly publicised contested-divorce case, Owens v Owens, has now been heard by the UK’s Supreme Court. Facts of the Case The English case concerns Tini and Hugh Owens, who...

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has given his opinion in a case concerning the rights of grandparents to see their grandchildren. The case...

  A director has been disqualified from running a business for six years because he paid large sums of money to his associates instead of creditors after his clothing company...

Government scraps ‘unlawful’ employment tribunal fees The government has announced that it is scrapping employment tribunal fees following the Supreme Court ruling that they’re unlawful. Claimants who have paid fees...

Landlord loses dispute over licensing and planning permission A landlord has lost a dispute with his local housing authority over the licensing of two of his properties that had been...