Fines imposed on companies for health and safety breaches are meant to hurt and their size in part depends on the scale and prosperity of the perpetrator. In one case, an energy company with a turnover of £4.8 billion was fined £3 million in respect
Companies are routinely ordered to pay compensation for the negligent acts of their employees – but only if they are at work at the relevant time. In one case involving a salesman who walked into the path of a cycling policeman, the Court of Appeal
Diplomatic relations between nation states ebb and flow but political differences are not a bar to cross-border cooperation between legal systems. In one case, the High Court directed enforcement of Russian judgments worth £150 million against a Russian businessman resident in London. The businessman had
Any business, however small, that deals with the public would be wise to seek legal advice on how to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination laws. In one case that made that point, a retail bakery was found to have discriminated against a gay customer when it
European law operates on a ‘first past the post’ system when it comes to jurisdiction issues and this has in some instances given rise to a race to launch proceedings. In one case that illustrated the point, the High Court ruled in a big money
Taxi app phenomenon Uber has suffered a serious blow to its business model after its claim that it works for its 30,000 London drivers, rather than the other way round, was dismissed as pure fiction by an Employment Tribunal (ET). The ruling means that Uber
Commercial relationships almost always involve a powerful element of trust and it is common for confidential information to pass between buyer and seller. However, one important High Court ruling has emphasised that such information must only be used for the purpose for which it is
Do you need a prenuptial agreement before you say ‘I do’? Contrary to popular belief a prenuptial agreement, or the more commonly known ‘pre-nup’, is not just for wealthy individuals and high profile celebrities. A prenuptial agreement applies to any couple who are planning to
What is Parental Responsibility? Parental responsibility is defined in law as being “all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property.” Why is it important? Individuals who have
Business projects sometimes fail so completely that contracts which underlie them are frustrated and cease to have effect. In an important decision concerning the abject failure of a call handling venture, the Court of Appeal considered the circumstances in which that might occur. Company A
