The Supreme Court has ruled that a man does not have to increase the maintenance payments to his former wife, 16 years after their divorce. Last year Graham Mills was ordered by the Court of Appeal to increase monthly maintenance payments to his former wife, Maria, from £1,100 per month to £1,441 for life as
A landlord has been fined over £8,000 for a total of 16 offences under the Housing Act, according to Hastings Borough Council. Thomas Wallace pleaded guilty to non-compliance with a statutory improvement notice at his property and was fined £2,667. Wallace was further required to pay £432 costs and £170 victim surcharge. Mr Wallace was
A partner has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after he allowed his staff to pursue fraudulent personal injury (PI) claims and presided over a system that treated claims management companies (CMCs) “as if they were the actual client.” Muzammil Hussain Abid’s fellow partner at Crescent Law, Imran Uddin, was suspended for
A woman says she wants her ex-husband jailed after he spent more than £80,000 on his latest wedding even though he claimed he cannot afford to pay her. Sarah Rogan said her ex-husband Grant Rogan should be committed to prison for breaching an agreement made following the breakdown of their 10-year marriage. Ms Rogan has
A man has admitted to using a false National Insurance number to illegally claim £93,000 in benefits while working. Michel Biza, 50, began claiming benefits legitimately when he was seriously ill. However, when he recovered and started work, he gave his employers the fake NI number and continued to claim the benefits under the genuine
A head tenant has been jailed for 16 weeks after he changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to 35 men. Ilie Florin Dragusin evicted the men and removed their belongings from a converted three-bedroom semi-detached house. Brent council officers found the 35 tenants to be living in substandard conditions in an
A dog walker has been found guilty of fraudulently claiming thousands of pounds in disability benefits after being secretly filmed throwing a ball for her pets. Sandra Tipton, 53, alleged that her physical condition, which includes dizziness and a ‘frozen shoulder’ had not improved since she first claimed the benefit in 2013. The jury at
A man was fined for illegally changing the locks on a house rented by a family with two young children. Belfast landlord Ciaran Doherty was fined £500 in court on Tuesday for unlawfully depriving the family of occupation of a house they were renting from him. Both the couple’s children were under two years old
An ex-wife has been granted £115million in one of the UK’s biggest ever divorce settlements. The woman and her former husband cannot be named for legal reasons after Justice Baker concluded there was “little if any” public interest in identifying the chief executive of a company behind a “very well-known product.” The case was heard
The Home Office said foreign medics are to be excluded from the government’s cap on skilled migration. NHS bosses said the move would be a “huge relief” to health trusts. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was “extremely welcome.” The Royal College of GPs said it was a “great step forward.” The cap sets the