The Green Belt is not as sacrosanct as some might wish it to be and must sometimes give way to the modern world’s need for essential infrastructure. The point was made when the High Court gave the green light to construction of a strategic rail
The word ‘resignation’ denotes voluntary departure from employment – but it bears a different meaning if you are a civil servant, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an important decision for any worker affected by privatisation of public services. A veteran prison officer’s employment
Government policy is firmly in favour of encouraging renewable energy sources, but that did not avail the would-be developers of a solar energy plant which was planned to cover more than 22 hectares of countryside. In striking down planning permission for the scheme, the High
Following the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Lock v British Gas Trading Limited that an employee’s holiday pay must take account of his commission payments, the Employment Tribunal (ET) has decided that it is possible to read words
Had hard-pressed developers obtained proper legal advice in the first place they might have avoided an epic dispute with their builders which led to four separate attempts at adjudication and two costly sets of enforcement proceedings. The developers had employed the builder to construct and
The maintenance of confidentiality is often a vexed issue in commercial litigation and a case in which a pharmaceutical company was accused of breaching competition rules in respect of the marketing of a heart disease drug was no exception. The company was being sued for
The Government is carrying out a consultation exercise seeking views on consultation with employees where a business is facing insolvency, or has moved into an insolvency process, to see if outcomes for both employees and employers could be improved. The consultation invites stakeholders’ views and
Those who voluntarily submit contract disputes to adjudicators must live with their decisions, right or wrong. However, in one wholly exceptional case, the High Court suspended payment of £1.5 million of an adjudicator’s award on the basis that one of the parties might otherwise receive
Companies which install statues, fountains and other attractive monuments in order to beautify their business premises will in many cases be able to reclaim VAT on the costs involved following a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT). A company engaged in the redevelopment of a
Adjudications are supposed to be a quick and cost-effective way of resolving contract disputes. However, one company found out that they can be fraught with difficulties after almost losing out on more than £100,000 due to an arithmetical error. Company A was contracted by company
