In an important test case, part-time medical members of tribunals have failed to convince the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that they should be entitled to pensions like their full-time, salaried, brethren. The part-time members, who are paid fees rather than salaries, argued that their treatment
A reminder of the strictness of the money laundering regulations was issued recently when HM Revenue and Customs reported that the owner of a money transfer business in the West Midlands had been jailed for 12 months for failing to comply with the rules with
In a case which raised planning issues of general importance, the owner of a trout farm – who for years concealed from his local council that he had converted the first floor of a barn to provide a home for his son – has failed
Celebrities have never had a monopoly over the commercial use of their photographic images – but allowing a retailer to sell a T-shirt emblazoned with a pop star’s iconic photo would amount to deception of the public, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The case
In an unprecedented case, a simple spelling error by Companies House – in which a single letter ‘s’ was mistakenly left out of an official document – caused the collapse of a 124-year-old family engineering business, the High Court has ruled. Cardiff-based business, Taylor &
In the context of compensation claims brought by members of the armed forces who are injured at work, the High Court has emphasised that services personnel are not employed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), nor do they work under contracts of service. Three servicemen
In the context of compensation claims brought by members of the armed forces who are injured at work, the High Court has emphasised that services personnel are not employed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), nor do they work under contracts of service. Three servicemen
In a warning to businesses that the security of the public postal service can never be completely guaranteed, and that sending cheques in the post is not risk free, a sorting office worker managed to steal post worth £2.3 million in the largest theft ever
Three Court of Appeal judges have expressed dismay after two wealthy couples blew £500,000 on a ‘toxic’ dispute over little more than a few feet of muddy ditch. Neither couple achieved an outright victory in the ‘Dickensian’ neighbours’ dispute which the Court described as an
The owners of a $55 million oil tanker, who claim that she was attacked in the Gulf of Aden by a band of pirates who set off a bomb in her engine room, leaving her dead in the water, have convinced a High Court judge
