Worse Off Wednesday – SoS for CLG v. Welwyn Hatfield BC

April 11, 2011 2 Comments

Last Wednesday (6th April) was commonly known as “Worse Off Wednesday” because it was the date that many of Coalition’s budgetary cuts (including tax and benefit changes) really started to impact on households.

It will probably be remembered as Worse Off Wednesday by Mr and Mrs Beesley too but for entirely different reasons.  On 6th April the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the final episode of the long-running saga of the Beesley’s house/barn.

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To Infinity And Beyond!

February 21, 2011 6 Comments

Or perhaps this post might be titled with another famous line – “Here Be Beasties!” – for nestled within the murky and less-charted depths of the Localism Bill lurks clause 104, which threatens those who approach it unawares and unguarded. Read more of this post

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Why Plato Is Wrong

February 13, 2011 15 Comments

“Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.” – Plato

We all wait with bated breath for the judgment of the Supreme Court on Read more of this post

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Developers and Drug Dealers – Part 4: Leave The Kitchen Sink

February 5, 2011 5 Comments

So far we’ve seen how people who breach planning controls and make financial gains from those breaches can end up facing a significantly larger bill than they ever might have dreamed of (or have been advised about…).

But the client’s question “How much will this cost me?” doesn’t end with the assessment of Read more of this post

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Developers and Drug Dealers – Part 3: A Life of Crime

January 30, 2011 1 Comment

In this post we’ll look at answering the client’s (or defendant’s) favourite question: “how much will this actually cost me?” or, in the language of confiscation, calculating the recoverable amount.  Our starting point is calculating what the defendant’s benefit has been Read more of this post

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