A solicitor has been struck off by the solicitors disciplinary tribunal after he enabled a £62,000 overpayment on a property. Milan Patel, sole director of ALD Legal Solicitors was instructed by a resident of Saudi Arabia to purchase a UK property on his behalf. According to the judgment, the property was transferred from the seller
A landlord from Nottingham has been fined over £25,000 after admitting 12 licensing offences. Dexter Blackstock faced charges relating to twelve unlicensed properties he owned and were required to be licensed under either Part 2 or 3 of the Housing Act. Mr Blackstock was convicted of nine offences of failing to license properties under the
According to the Law Gazette, judges are concerned that HM Courts & Tribunals Service has allocated little time to ensure digitised forms in family law are correctly translated into Welsh. At an open meeting of the Family Procedure Rule Committee at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, His Honour Judge Harold Godwin discussed the issue. HHJ
The prime minister of the UAE did not attend the second High Court hearing into the welfare of two of his children. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, 70, who is embroiled in an acrimonious court battle with his estranged wife Princess Haya bint al Hussein, did not attend a preliminary hearing in July too. The Dubai
A rogue landlord has been fined after his tenants had to live in a house from without electricity, heating or a shower. The property in Cambridge had no cooking facilities or hot water. The kitchen sink was found to not work and fire safety precautions were inadequate. An investigation was launched after the tenants complained. After
According to the Guradian, almost all of the investigations into alleged serious misconduct by Home Office staff relate to immigration matters. The Home Office’s professional standards unit (PSU) investigates only the most serious misconduct allegations against teams or individuals within the department, or contractors such as those working in detention centres. A general complaints procedure deals with more minor
A man who made a personal injury claim against Dyfed-Powys Police was awarded £40,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Richard Roberts received the settlement after it was claimed in a witness statement that he was shouting and swearing at the time of his arrest. Although he denied the allegations, the force proceeded to charge him.
A group of students in Leeds have been awarded thousands of pounds in compensation after their landlord failed to reconnect their gas supply. The students had no heating, hot water and no hob to cook for 11 days after a property firm failed to carry out repairs. When the landlord failed to address the fault,
Judges have been warned by the Court of Appeal not to adjourn final decisions in family cases simply to ‘press the pause button’. As reported by The Law Gazette, Lord Justice Peter Jackson said adjourning a decision ‘is a positive choice that requires proper weighing-up of the advantages and disadvantages and a lively awareness that
Homeowners, the UK’s leading comparison site for home move services has revealed rising stamp duty bills and conveyancing fees are the key factors leading to increased costs for homeowners, which can be attributed to a marginal 1% annual rise in house prices. As reported by insideconveyancing.co.uk stamp duty makes up almost half of the total