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Update on Proposed Changes to Private Residential Renting

Following demand for change to the current housing situation, the previous government proposed the Renters’ (Reform) Bill in April 2019. This Bill was included in the Queen’s Speech in May 2022 and a detailed plan for a prospective Bill...
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Financial Order Set Aside Due to Husband's Bankruptcy

The High Court has ruled that a financial remedies order requiring a husband to transfer his half share of the former matrimonial home to his wife could not stand because he had been made bankrupt by the time it was made. The couple had separated in 2017,...
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Application to Modify Restrictive Covenant Succeeds

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has granted a social housing provider's application to modify a restrictive covenant so as to allow it to proceed with a residential property development. The relevant land was sold in 1975 subject to a conveyance limiting its use...
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Residential landlords and the "Breathing Space" scheme

Private residential landlords are required to comply with certain legislation in relation to renting their properties, collection of rent, recovery of rent arrears and regaining possession of the property. A key scheme landlords will need to consider...
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Judgment Secured in Fatal Workplace Accident Case

A protracted legal battle has led to judgment being obtained in the case of a man who was fatally injured while working on a building site. The man died when he was hit by pieces of metal scaffolding that fell from a crane after a strap holding them...
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High Court Ruling in Will Forgery Case

An allegation that a will is a forgery can be hard to prove. However, such an allegation was successfully made out in a High Court case concerning an elderly man who died during the COVID-19 pandemic. The man had passed away in February 2021. A firm of...
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ICO Statistics on Data Security Incidents

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has updated its statistics on data security incidents to include the first quarter of 2024. There were 2,970 incidents reported to the ICO in Q1 2024, an increase of 21 per cent from the same quarter in 2023. The...
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Father-to-be's Cardiac Death Was Likely Avoidable

A 40-year-old man who died of a sudden cardiac arrest on the day his daughter was born might have lived if doctors had not missed signs of a heart defect, a coroner has concluded. The man had been suffering from a gastrointestinal illness and had attended...
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Employer Did Not Have Constructive Knowledge of Disability

Under Section 15(2) of the Equality Act 2010 , an employer has a defence to a claim of disability discrimination if it can show that it did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that the claimant had the disability in question. The...
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CWJ wins Best Workplace Wellbeing Award

CWJ is delighted to announce that we won The Best Workplace Wellbeing Award at the Modern Law Private Client Awards 2024. The Awards recognise excellence and innovation in the legal sector and highlights best practices and contributions.  CWJ's...
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