A landlord has been convicted after neglecting his property in Norwich. Measures were taken against Nicholas Ian Shaw, 47, by Cheshire West and Chester Council after complaints from a tenant. The flat was being rented by a family which included two young children under the age of five at the time. Mr Shaw was asked several
A woman from Billingham has appeared in court accused of benefit fraud. Paige Smith, 21, is alleged to have claimed housing benefit and income support fraudulently between June 12, 2016, and March 26, 2017. Smith is charged with failing to notify Stockton Council and the Department for Work and Pensions that she was living with her
A German woman has been granted a divorce after bringing matrimonial proceedings to England after discovering her husband was having an affair. Catja Thum issued a divorce petition in England even though Oliver Thum had started separate proceedings in Germany. The couple, both in their 40s, were at the Court of Appeal in May this
A landlord was fined £20,000 after admitting he put the lives of five residents at risk. Residents became trapped upstairs during a fire in Worthing last year, weeks after their landlord was told their fire alarm did not work. The judge said Terry Millis, 62, had a ‘high level’ of culpability and fined him £20,000
An “industrial scale” £4.6 million benefit fraud has been targeted by police in Glasgow. Police officers have been working with the Department for Work and Pensions and Home Office Immigration Enforcement for almost a year in an investigation to trace an organised crime gang suspected of defrauding the benefits system of about £4.6m. A number
A Russian billionaire has not paid his ex-wife “one cent” of the £453m he was ordered to pay, a court in London has heard. Mr Justice Haddon-Cave told the family division of the high court that Farkhad Akhmedov was in contempt of court. In December 2016 Mr Haddon-Cave ordered Mr Akhmedov to pay his e-wife
A High Court judge has decided that an estranged couple’s Islamic faith marriage falls within the scope of English matrimonial law. Solicitor Nasreen Akhter and businessman Mohammed Shabaz Khan, took part in an Islamic wedding ceremony in a London restaurant in 1998. Mrs Akhter says the nikah ceremony was conducted by an imam before about
A man and woman appeared in Norwich Crown Court in connection with housing benefit and income support fraud charges and fake tenancy charges. Shannon Trett is charged with three offences, two of which relate to housing benefit. She also failed to disclose Charles Dersley was the father of her son. The other charge says she
A woman who was seeking a divorce after a 40 year marriage has lost her case. Supreme court judges “reluctantly” told Tini Owens that she must remain married because a joyless marriage is not adequate grounds for a divorce if one spouse refuses to agree. Five judges unanimously upheld rulings by a family court and
New research has found that 30 million British people do not have a will. The Populus research, conducted by Which? revealed that 61% of British adults do not have a will. The survey further found that people in England are more likely (42%) than those in Wales (35%) and Scotland (31%) to have made wills.