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Weekly law digests

04 October 2018
Issue: 7811 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Capital gains tax

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Higgins [2018] UKUT 280 (TCC), [2018] All ER (D) 66 (Sep)

The First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) had been wrong to find that the period of ownership, pursuant to ss 222 and 223 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, could only begin when the respondent tax payer had legal title to the apartment and a legal right to occupy the apartment. Accordingly, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) allowed the appellant Revenue and Customs Commissioners appeal in relation to the payment of capital gains tax by the tax payer on the sale of a property that had been purchased off-plan.

Coroner

R (on the application of Hambleton and others) v Coroner for the Birmingham Inquests (1974) [2018] EWCA Civ 2081, [2018] All ER (D) 62 (Sep)

The defendant coroner’s decision not to call evidence directed to identifying those who planned, planted, procured and authorised the bombs used from the scope of the inquest into the Birmingham bombings had not been unlawful in the public law

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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