The Rugby World Cup 2015 commences on Friday, 18 September 2015, with a match between England and Fiji, with the final due to be played at Twickenham on 31 October 2015. Employers who have not already done so should ensure they have policies in place
A rugby club which was hit with a crushing VAT bill after building a new clubhouse is in line for a bumper rebate after a tribunal found that its use for socialising and recreation by the local community was akin to that of a village
What’s in a name? A great deal, according to a popular online cosmetics guru who succeeded in wresting control of an Internet domain name which consisted of her elided Christian and surnames with the addition of .co.uk. The woman’s online make-up tutorials had attracted a
The Scottish Government has confirmed in its Programme for Scotland “A Stronger Scotland” that it intends to abolish employment tribunal fees in an effort to ensure that all employees have a fair opportunity to have their case heard. This will be a wakeup call for
The effect of state intervention in the banking sector, triggered by the financial crisis, has come under the spotlight in a High Court dispute in which lenders are seeking to recover an $835 million loan made to a troubled Portuguese bank. The loan facility was
A music teacher who ended up on a zero hours contract after his employment was transferred from a local authority to the private sector has scored a legal victory of importance to all fixed-term contract workers. The teacher had worked for the council for more
In an unprecedented decision, the High Court has imposed fines totalling more than £7.5 million on three financial traders who were involved in wholesale abuse of the stock market and the companies which stood behind them. The traders, who operated offshore, were involved in a
The number of cases coming before employment tribunals has dramatically declined since the introduction of a controversial charging regime. However, the Court of Appeal has urged the Lord Chancellor to carry out a thorough review of a system which many believe is stifling access to
Anyone tempted to vent their spleen against their employer on the Internet should take careful note of a case in which a canal worker was sacked after using a string of offensive expletives to describe his supervisors on Facebook. The man was unaware that his
Intransigence in commercial disputes can be extremely costly and it is always preferable to attempt to reach a compromise. In one case which gave a valuable insight, the estimated legal costs of litigating a building contract dispute in respect of works carried out at a
