CHAPTER TWO SATISFYING THE THRESHOLD TESTS KEY POINTS Distinction between housing and non-housing related conduct ‘Non-housing related’ conduct ‘Housing related’ conduct Location is immaterial What amounts to nuisance or annoyance? Nuisance or annoyance through noise Non-housing related conduct “Harassment, alarm or distress” The burden and standard of proof Distinction between […]
CHAPTER ONE AN INTRODUCTION TO TOLATA A brief history of the Act The year 1997 will perhaps be remembered in history for a number of reasons. New Labour swept to power in a landslide victory rarely seen in British politics. On the other side of the world, the British Government […]
CHAPTER TWO THE TWO TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES There are two main Acts of Parliament which apply to tenanted agricultural land. The statutes are mutually exclusive. Any individual piece of tenanted land is held under the terms of one, or the other. It cannot be held under both. The earliest […]
CHAPTER ONE WHAT DOES SECTION 106 PERMIT? The answer to this question involves going back to basics and looking at the provisions of section 106 itself. Section 106 (1) (a) provides as follows; “Any person interested in land in the area of a local planning authority may, by agreement or […]
CHAPTER ONE CROFTING LAW HISTORY AND LEGISLATION Highland Clearances and the Crofters’ War Crofting Law came about as a result of the Highland Clearances that were carried out during the 1800s. Landowners cleared tenants from their land, to make way for large scale sheep farms and deer forests, sometimes with […]
CHAPTER TWO HISTORY Contrary to what most people believe Henry VIII’s divorces from Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves did not open a flood gate of divorce for the rest of society in this jurisdiction. Indeed, it was only possible to obtain a divorce by way of a private […]
CHAPTER ONE FCA AUTHORISATION AND APPROVAL 1.1 The General Prohibition Businesses wishing to conduct regulated activities in the UK must take heed of the so-called “general prohibition”, which is laid down in FSMA s. 19(1) and underpins the UK’s financial regulatory system: The general prohibition “No person may carry on […]
CHAPTER SIX OVERVIEW OF THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION OPTIONS If a brand owner finds itself in a position where it needs to take action against a domain then the first step is to determine which dispute resolution options are available to it and which is the most appropriate in the circumstances. […]
CHAPTER TWO COMMON SITUATIONS FACED BY GRANDPARENTS The need to acquire Parental Responsibility. This is where there is a need to acquire parental responsibility. It could be that the grandchild has been living with the grandparent for some time and the grandparent feels powerless to make important decisions on behalf […]
CHAPTER TWO WHO CAN BE A WHISTLEBLOWER? ‘Whistleblower’ is not a term used by statute. Instead, a person who makes a protected disclosure is who statute defines and commonly such a person is often referred to as a whistleblower. This chapter will look at the category of people that statute […]
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