Asked by Channel 4 News to comment, leading motoring expert lawyer Rodney Hylton-Potts said: “At issue is whether a celebrity status should be relevant to sentencing. The story starts back in 1967 when Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, were jailed for 3 months for minor drug offences. A famous Times leader referring to ‘Breaking a butterfly on a wheel’ was believed to be very influential in persuading the Court of Appeal to overturn the sentences, and release them. Judges, a magistrate, however are human, as they should be, and their deliberations are in private. There can…
HM Revenue and Customs have made mistakes in codes resulting in unwelcome tax demands, and interest is being claimed. What sounds unfair usually is. At Hylton-Potts for a fixed fee of £195.00 including VAT, we can challenge these extra payments for you, only to have them written off. Contact the experts – For more information or a free legal opinion telephone 020-7381-8111 (24 hour service) or [email protected].
New EU procedure will give choice to international couples over which country’s law will govern their divorce. Selena Masson speaks to Rodney Hylton-Potts, a leading expert on international divorce, practice and procedure of Hylton-Potts Legal Consultants, about the use of this procedure. EU member states are using a new enhanced co-operation procedure to introduce new rules allowing international divorcing couples to select which country’s law will apply to their divorce. Rodney Hylton-Potts says: “For the first time in EU history, member states are using the enhanced co-operation procedure, to push forward with rules allowing international divorcing couples to choose which…
A schoolboy who was ordered by the High Court to live with his “wholly deserving” father has been allowed to stay with his mother at the end of an 11-year legal battle. The father left the hearing in tears, after a judge ruled that to protect the mental health of the 12-year-old boy, who has said that he hates his father, it would not enforce its original decision to remove him from his mother. The ruling brings to an end one of the longest contact disputes ever seen in an English court. Judge Clifford Bellamy, sitting as a deputy judge…
If you are worried that you have broken the rules, and want to stop a criminal prosecution or record consult the experts. For more information or a free legal opinion telephone 020-7381-8111 (24 hour service) or email [email protected].
It is not if but when. They are coming to get you. Credit agencies are used by banks, credit card firms and others to identify whether individuals have a bad credit history. Under the Government plans, the agencies will effectively be carrying out the process in reverse. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been told to draw up detailed plans for a benefits crackdown. WHO’S WATCHING YOU? Credit check: Agencies hold details Credit reference agencies have a powerful role in determining who is granted mortgages, loans and credit cards. The three agencies, Experian, Equifax and Call-Credit, hold a…
We have all been angry and frustrated when a utility, or energy company, like British Gas is incompetent and you lose out, but now you can bring a claim. If your time is wasted e.g. you are self employed, and you have lost time and money, due to problems take them to court. Log every phone call, letter and time off work. We at Hylton-Potts can send you a spreadsheet free of charge if you e-mail us. Companies should realise that their customers’ time is just as valuable as their own. If you want compensation contact the experts – For…
DIY detective work by divorcing couples to expose a spouse’s hidden assets was declared unlawful in a landmark ruling, ending decades of traditional tactics in marriage disputes. Litigants will no longer be able secretly to seize papers or documents that they find lying around or access e-mails after the Court of Appeal held that this could breach a person’s rights of confidence and might also be a crime. Divorce lawyers immediately condemned the ruling, saying it would turn back the clock decades, reversing the principle that wives are entitled to an equal share when a marriage breaks up. It would…
Senior judges are taking a tough line with former wives of millionaires who return to court seeking to reopen divorce settlements. Judges have become concerned that the decisions of High Court, have led to London being the divorce capital of the world. Judges have thrown out attempts by former wives to challenge the terms of their divorce awards. In the latest, the former wife of the Conservative Party grandee Sir Paul Judge failed to amend a £6.6 million divorce settlement that she received nearly ten years ago. In another case, a wife who was awarded £7.5 million unsuccessfully tried to…
A ruling is awaited in the case of the German heiress Katrin Radmacher and her former husband. Should pre-nuptial contracts be binding in law? The Supreme Court justices are wrestling with this issue – and their decision is expected shortly. Lawyers had been expecting the ruling by now – and speculate that the delay means the justices cannot agree; or at least will each give their own opinion. Nine judges are involved, and the decision is keenly awaited. The couple signed a prenuptial agreement that neither could claim against the other in the event of divorce but Mr Granatino, who…
