Amidst the white heat of competition that pervades public contract procurement exercises, tenderers sometimes put in over-ambitious bids which later come back to bite them. In one case, the High Court found that a company’s tender in respect of a local authority waste treatment contract
It is beholden on all employers, no matter how small, to take effective steps to deter sexual harassment in the workplace. In one case, the owner of a family restaurant paid a heavy price for a chef’s misbehaviour in slapping or touching a waitress’s backside.
For many businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic represents an existential crisis and their creditors face an unenviable choice between accepting a stern financial haircut or taking their chances in an insolvency. As a High Court case showed, however, judges have been working hard to ensure that
Accident victims should never be put off seeking compensation merely because they are advanced in years. In one case, a man aged in his 70s whose autumn years were blighted by injuries suffered when he was knocked off his bicycle by a negligent driver received
Where free markets fail to operate, individual consumers are bound to suffer. The lengths to which regulators will go in stamping out anti-competitive conduct, even at a local level, were underlined by a High Court case concerning a cartel between estate agencies in a modest
The powerful voice of environmental campaigners would be a mere whimper were it not for their human rights to congregate and peacefully protest. However, as a case concerning a campaign to save an ancient tree from the axe showed, judges are also obliged to give
London’s enviable position as the world centre for the resolution of shipping disputes owes less to maritime history than it does to the ability of English lawyers and judges to master the intricacies of international trade. That was certainly so in a case concerning a
Should I deal with Probate myself or should I instruct a Solicitor? Lucy Court – Solicitor When somebody passes away, it is the responsibility of the Executor or Administrator to deal with the estate of the deceased and to ensure that
Different legal tests apply to unfair dismissal and discrimination claims and that can sometimes lead to surprising outcomes. That was certainly so in a case where an Employment Tribunal (ET) found that a supermarket till operator had suffered disability discrimination but that her dismissal was
Meningitis is amongst the most grave illnesses that can afflict any child, but it is also one of the hardest to diagnose. In one case, a little girl who was suffering from the disease when she was sent home from hospital with a diagnosis of
