In a warning shot across employers’ bows, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the protection afforded to whistleblowers penetrates the corporate veil and that individual managers can be held personally liable for detrimental treatment. The case concerned the former CEO of an oil exploration
Registering plots of land as town or village greens preserves them for community use and renders them immune from development. However, as a High Court case showed, meeting the statutory criteria for registration is demanding and should not be attempted without expert legal advice. A
Unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) – the latest tool in the authorities’ armoury for use in tackling money laundering, corruption and terrorist financing – came under High Court scrutiny for the first time in an important test case. The case concerned the wife of an overseas citizen
Statistical evidence, however striking, is rarely enough to prove discrimination in the workplace. However, the fact that there was not a single non-white manager of a retail chain’s 81 stores in a particular region certainly had a persuasive impact on an Employment Tribunal (ET). The
Letting property to tenants on a handshake, without professional advice, is a recipe for trouble. That was certainly so in one High Court case, in which the absence of a professionally drafted tenancy agreement led to doubts as to whether the landlords or the tenants
Hospital medication errors are sadly more common than they should be and can have devastating consequences. In one case, a man who was not given the right doses of therapeutic drugs, at the right time, after developing a rare brain infection won more than £600,000
When family judges make financial orders in divorce cases, they are not beating at air and have a panoply of powers to make sure that they are obeyed. A wealthy businessman who spent over £70,000 on his wedding to his new wife, whilst neglecting to
With the Internet accessible from anywhere in the world, the potential for confusion between businesses with similar or identical names has increased exponentially. The Court of Appeal tackled the issue in resolving a transatlantic trade mark dispute. The case concerned well-known retailer Argos Limited (AL),
The extent to which employers can be held liable for the misdeeds of their staff is an issue that has been taxing legal brains for generations. However, the waters will be somewhat less muddied following a case in which a salesman who was attacked and
Benefactors are perfectly entitled to give away their worldly goods. However, as one case concerning an agricultural smallholding showed, the law treats land differently from anything else and it can only be donated or otherwise disposed of by deed. The occupier of the 2.5-acre smallholding
