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ICO Issues Reprimand to NHS Trust Over SAR Response Delays

An NHS trust has been issued with a reprimand by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for failing to respond to subject access requests (SARs) in a timely manner. Article 12(3) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires data...

HMRC Estimate 1.1 Million Taxpayers Missed Self-Assessment Deadline

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have announced that more than 11.5 million taxpayers filed self-assessment tax returns for the 2023/24 tax year by the deadline of 31 January 2025. HMRC had received 11,509,810 returns by the deadline, down slightly from...

ET Substituted Own View in Bus Driver's Unfair Dismissal Claim

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an appeal against a decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) that a bus driver was unfairly dismissed, finding that the ET had erred in substituting its own view for that of the employer ( Metroline Travel Ltd...

Settlements Paid 'in Lieu of Penalties' Were Tax Deductible

It is a general rule that payments in the nature of penalties may not be deducted for the purpose of calculating taxable profits. The Court of Appeal recently considered whether the rule prevented payments made to consumers and consumer organisations in...

UT Upholds Decision to Appoint Manager of Block of Flats

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has upheld a decision to appoint a manager of a block of student flats under Section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 . The landlord of the block had let the flats to investment purchasers on long leases. A number of the...

Will Written on Separate Pieces of Cardboard Ruled Valid

In an unusual case, the High Court has ruled that a will a man had written on two pieces of cardboard should be admitted to probate. The will, which the man had made the day before his tragic death by suicide, left his house and most of its contents to a...

Use of Late Wife's Embryo in Surrogacy Treatment Lawful

The High Court has granted a man's application for a declaration that it was lawful for him to use an embryo created using his sperm and his late wife's eggs in treatment with a surrogate, despite his wife not having given written consent. The embryo had...

Right to Neonatal Care Leave Confirmed

The government has confirmed that, subject to Parliamentary approval of the regulations implementing the change, parents with babies in neonatal care will be entitled to Neonatal Care Leave from 6 April 2025. Neonatal Care Leave will apply to parents of...

High Court Upholds Injunction in Property Wall Case

The courts can assist homeowners whose properties are at risk of damage because of activities on nearby land. Recently, the High Court upheld an injunction requiring the operators of a hotel to reduce a build-up of earth on their side of a wall between it...

Placement in England in Woman's Best Interests, Court Rules

In a decision it described as 'finely balanced', the Court of Protection recently ruled on whether it was in a woman's best interests to remain in her current placement in England or move to a new placement in Scotland, where she had previously lived and...
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