Building companies routinely take on contractual liabilities to pay compensation if they are to blame for delays in completion – but what happens if such delays are as much the employer’s responsibility as the contractor’s? The Court of Appeal considered that issue in a guideline
Flat dwellers have to live in close proximity to one another and that requires a certain amount of give and take. As one case illustrated, however, a good lawyer will see to it that you are protected if your quality of life is affected by
Business disputes can fester without legal advice and ultimately lead to ruin. Exactly that happened in one case in which a disgruntled franchisee resorted to making allegedly libellous online statements as a misguided means of airing his grievances. The man had run an outlet for
Elderly people in particular are sadly often targeted by door-to-door salesmen who employ aggressive and high-pressure techniques. However, the Court of Appeal has emphasised in one such case that perpetrators will receive deterrent sentences. The case concerned a man whose modus operandi was to trick
Administrators of insolvent companies often face criticism as a consequence of holding the frequently embattled line between shareholders and creditors. That was certainly so in a High Court case concerning a troubled hotels group. Administrators had been appointed by secured creditors of the group, which
Those who fail to respect the confidentiality of their employer’s valuable information often believe that the consequences are limited and that it is financially worth their while. However, they may well think again in the light of a case in which an IT professional’s misdeeds
Important agreements, even between close family members, should always be put into writing by a lawyer as the best means of heading off future discord. The point could hardly have been more clearly made than by a High Court dispute concerning a ramshackle football ground
Everyone is entitled to seek justice from the courts, but perhaps the most crucial role played by professional litigators is to advise their clients when it is wise to settle and cut their losses. In one case exactly on point, minority shareholders whose interests were
It has long been established that those who suffer injury or financial loss as a result of their own illegal acts are not entitled to compensation. The Court of Appeal upheld that principle in ruling that a mentally ill woman who killed her mother was
Those who doubt the legal advantages of getting married should take note of a case in which an elderly man was left facing homelessness after his partner’s unexpected death and had to go to court to seek reasonable provision from her estate. The unmarried couple
