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When two football supporters travelling in a bus packed with fans made personal injury claims after the vehicle was involved in a collision, the result was a bill for them of more than £12,000. The two men claimed that they had been injured when the accident happened, one alleging that he had suffered a neck injury and the other shoulder and neck injuries that had caused him to take several months off work. The County Court reviewed a variety of evidence which contradicted the men's assertions as regards the severity of...

There are a number of criteria which must apply in order for a will to be valid and one of the most important is that the person making the will fully understands its implications. A recent case concerned the will of a man who had a long history of cannabis abuse and had been 'sectioned' on several occasions after psychotic episodes. In 1985, he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident and had received a settlement in excess of £1 million to pay for his long-term care needs. The court appointed...

Divorces with an international dimension are often complex and, where the question arises as to which parent will look after children and in which country, the courts are often involved. When making these decisions, the courts will always put the child's interests first. When the child is mature enough to express their view, their wishes will carry a great deal of weight. In the case of younger children, the question of the child's 'habitual residence' will weigh more heavily. The child at the centre of a recent court tussle was only...

The law relating to the right to daylight is more complicated than one would think, bearing in mind that there is, in principle, a general right to light. Perhaps surprisingly to many, a recent case shows that the court can take the right to light as far as preventing land used as a play area (also used as an outdoor schoolroom) from being shaded by a property development. The developer proposed to build a three-storey residential block with a café on the ground floor on a vacant site next to the...