• SDLT first time buyers relief

    Does being a potential beneficiary of a discretionary trust disqualifies the person in question from claiming the relief? I believe having a defined interest in a trust property (e.g. a life interest to live in it) means one is disqualified. I can't...

  • Kalbfell v. Marc Glassman, Inc.

    Employees of Marc’s Salem, Ohio store told the manager that Tammy Kalbfell, a store patron, had been arrested for shoplifting in another store and was banned from shopping there; neither charge was true. The manager called a security guard over...

  • Bovin v. Galitzka

    Plaintiff landlord and defendant tenant entered into a lease agreement for a term of five years at an annual rental of $1200. It described the premises leased as "the corner store and part of cellar in building known as No. 3001 Avenue N....to be...

  • Handicapped Children's Educ. Bd. v. Lukaszewski

    Defendant teacher resigned before her contract with the plaintiff school board expired, claiming that health problems prevented her continued employment. The board was forced to hire a more qualified replacement at a higher rate of pay. The board brought...

  • People v. Goetz

    A Grand Jury indicted defendant on attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon for having shot and wounded four youths on a subway train after one or two of the youths approached him and asked for money. On December 31, 1984, Goetz...

  • Comment on What commercial buildings are exempt from the need for a commercial EPCs?

    An energy performance certificate (EPC) is required: when an existing building is sold or rented out when a building under construction is finished after refurbishment when there are greater or fewer separate parts of the building and the modification...

  • Dostal v. Strand

    Dostal v. Strand Supreme Court of Wisconsin January 26, 2023, Filed No. 2020AP1943 Opinion REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals.  [*P1]  ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J. The petitioner, Lindsey Dostal (Dostal), both individually and as special administrator...

  • Chau v. Lewis

    Plaintiffs, an investment professional and his firm, brought claims alleging libel against defendants, an author, his source, and his publisher, for twenty-six allegedly defamatory statements in the author's book. The book painted plaintiffs in negative...

  • Abry Bros., Inc. v. Tillman

    Plaintiff instituted the instant suit to recover from defendant an alleged balance due of $ 1104.50 for the moving of, and for certain construction work performed on, a building owned by the defendant, in accordance with a written, unrecorded contract...

  • McKay v. Prevost

    McKay and Prevost entered into an exchange of property and services. McKay owned a furniture store and interior design firm on Airline Highway, directly across the street from Prevost's car dealership. Prevost approached McKay concerning a possible...