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When buying anything, from a toothbrush to a luxury car, consumers are entitled to expect that their purchases are of satisfactory quality. The point was made by the case of a woman whose high-end sports car sprang a catastrophic leak. About 15 months after the woman purchased the car from a dealership for £122,000, she discovered that its footwell had filled with rainwater. The flood caused extensive damage to the car's electrical components and wiring. The woman launched proceedings against the dealership under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, asserting that...

To what extent are mortgage brokers required to consider the security or otherwise of underlying investments that their clients hope will, in due course, repay a loan? The High Court considered that burning issue in the case of a couple whose foray into overseas property investment ended in disaster. Following an appointment with a mortgage broker, the couple took out an interest-free mortgage on their home. The advance was used in part to fund the deposit payable on the 'off plan' purchase of an overseas property. The deposit was fraudulently...

The outcome of international child abduction disputes very often depends on a single issue – where is the child concerned habitually resident? That was certainly so in the case of a toddler with an English-born mother and an Israeli father. The parents were both Jewish. The mother met and married the father after moving to Israel, where she acquired Israeli citizenship. Their son was conceived following IVF treatment and the mother returned to England to give birth. She and the child remained in the UK thereafter. The father launched proceedings...

Prolific will writing is very often symptomatic of a complicated life. That was certainly so in the case of a wealthy businessman who wrote four wills, benefiting different members of his family, during the final 40 years of his life. The man had a large portfolio of properties in the UK and India. At various stages of his life, he regarded himself as married to two different women. The question of whom he was in fact married to, and when, currently remained unresolved and was to be the subject of...