2019 has seen an exciting year in contentious probate and we have seen some rare cases on unusual areas of law.

Spring is all about new beginnings. As the weather warms up, job opportunities often blossom. But, in the excitement of taking the next step along your career path, be careful of any restrictions relating to your current employment.

When payments are made or received by businesses or individuals there are usually three types of things that may go wrong, a mistaken payment, an unauthorised payment, an authorised push payment.

A recent judgment given by the High Court earlier this year comes as a stark reminder of the difference between a lease and a licence with significant detriment to the landowner. This is not a new point of law, but is one that is becoming an increasingly pressing issue.

A trustee owes a duty of honesty, integrity, loyalty and good faith to the beneficiaries of the Trust.

We all know how complicated farming partnership structures can become when family members, across different generations, are involved in a farming operation, and even more so when the interests of non-farming family members are factored into the equation.

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Renting farm land: Tenants of agricultural and rural land will almost always be obliged to pay a rent to their landlord for their occupation of the land. The obligation to pay rent will form one of the tenant’s overhead costs.

Clients in the AME Sector will regularly be involved in the supply, or purchase of, components and will usually want their own terms and conditions to apply to that transaction. The recent case of Transformers & Rectifiers v Needs underlines that if you wish to rely on your standard terms and conditions, you must take sufficient steps to make sure that the other party is given reasonable notice of both your terms and conditions and your intention to rely on them.

Suppliers and customers would ideally prefer to rely on their own respective standard conditions. But in order to be of any use at all, these have to be incorporated into the contract between seller and buyer.