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Claims for money had and received

“Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek to redress them …”. (Wm Shakespeare: Queen Margaret in Henry VI, Part 3) A Deposit is paid to your builder; he fails to attend on the appointed day – the work to your intended new bathroom is never begun, let alone completed. One day…

Liability for chancel repairs

Glossary The space around a Church altar choir and sanctuary usually occupied by the clergy and choir (and lying to the East):                                                     Chancel The schism between Henry VIII and the Roman Catholic Church arising from the King’s wish to annul his marriage (to the Queen, Katherine of Aragon) which led to the dissolution of the…

Pre-Trial Disclosure

“Away, and mock the time with fairest show; false face must hide what the false heart doth know” Macbeth Act 1 Scene 7 William Shakespeare Words ostensibly directed by Macbeth to Lady Macbeth – but in fact addressed to himself; he has resolved to take the throne of Scotland by plotting King Duncan’s murderous demise.…