Couple await supreme court decision over sale of house they shared – The Guardian

“A bungalow in Essex is at the heart of a test case over how unmarried partners who split up should divide their property.”

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The Guardian, 4th May 2011

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Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (AIRE Centre intervening) – WLR Daily

Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (AIRE Centre intervening) [2011] UKSC 11; [2011] WLR (D) 91

“The conditions for entitlement to state pension credit, which included a requirement that a claimant had a right to reside in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, constituted indirect discrimination against nationals of other European Union member states which was, however, justified by the legitimate aim of protecting the resources of the United Kingdom against benefit or social tourism by those who were not economically or socially integrated with the country.”

WLR Daily, 16th March 2011

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Borger v Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse – WLR Daily

Borger v Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse (Case C-516/09); [2011] WLR (D) 89

“The status of an ’employed person’, within the meaning of article 1(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, as amended , applied to a person during a six-month period of extended unpaid leave following the birth of a child, provided that, during that period, that person was covered, even if only in respect of a single risk, on a compulsory or optional basis, by a general or special social security scheme mentioned in article 1(a) of that Regulation.”

WLR Daily, 10th March 2011

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R (Tilianu) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily

R (Tilianu) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 1397; [2010] WLR (D) 320

” ‘Employment’ within the meaning of art 7(3)(b) and (c) of Directive 2004/38/EC did not include self-employment, with the result that an EU citizen who was no longer self-employed did not retain the status of worker and had no right to reside.”

WLR Daily, 9th December 2010

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High Court backs boy who rejected father – The Independent

“A schoolboy who was told by a judge that he must live with the father he claimed to hate yesterday succeeded in forcing the High Court to reverse its decision.”

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The Independent, 12th August 2010

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Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Smallwood and another – WLR Daily

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Smallwood and another [2010] EWCA Civ 778; [2010] WLR (D) 177

“In assessing tax liability in a capital gains case raising potential double taxation relief, care was required in construing ‘residence’.”

WLR Daily, 9th July 2010

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Jones v Kernott – WLR Daily

Jones v Kernott [2010] EWCA Civ 578; [2010] WLR (D) 136

“Where the parties had agreed when they separated that they had equal interests in a residential property conveyed into their joint names there had to be something to displace those interests before the court could impute from the parties’ conduct an intention to vary that equality. The passage of time was insufficient to do so even if in the meantime the defendant had acquired alternative accommodation and the claimant had paid all the outgoings.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2010

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