The old expression ‘If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, then it is a duck’ is well-enough known for unscrupulous companies to imitate the packaging of better-known products to give their own merchandise the ‘look and feel’
In a case which confronted head-on the burning issue of bribery in international contract negotiations, a company which was awarded over £12 million by arbitrators has successfully defended itself against accusations that it obtained the underlying contract through the payment of sweeteners. A technology company
The Court of Appeal has dramatically revived plans to turn Lord Beaverbrook’s former country home –considered a ‘jewel in the crown’ of the Surrey countryside – into an ‘elite’ golf course, hotel, health club and spa. The Court overturned a High Court ruling which had stripped
In a stern warning to neighbours that it pays to get along with each other, landowners engaged in a bitter legal battle over rights of way effectively achieved nothing despite spending four costly days fighting it out in the High Court. In a case which
In a case which shows that a tax inspector’s life can often be more exciting than one might expect, the owners of a table dancing club have found to their cost that, in the great pole dance of life, nothing is certain but death and
Property developers infuriated by the impact of the Government’s controversial Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) on land values will face an uphill struggle in challenging the will of local authorities following a landmark High Court decision. The CIL was introduced by the Planning Act 2008 and
In a case that revealed the extraordinary power of marketing, Aleksandr the meerkat and his 750,000 Facebook ‘friends’ played a critical role in achieving victory for price comparison website comparethemarket.com in a trade mark dispute with rivals GoCompare.com. The loveable star of scores of television
Employers are reminded that the minimum time period for complying with the rules regarding the provision of employee liability information when there is a relevant transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) is extended from 14 to 28 days prior
In an indication that the law may be developing a more employer-friendly approach to restrictive covenants, a financial adviser (FA) who took his loyal clients with him when he left his job to set up his own business has been hit with a substantial damages
In a stinging defeat for the tax authorities, a major national publisher of newspapers and magazines, which was hit with a £70,000 surcharge after paying its VAT one day late, has convinced a tax tribunal that the penalty was disproportionate and unfair. The brief delay
