If the press or public authorities violate your privacy, lawyers can help put right the wrong you have suffered – and you don’t need to be a celebrity. In one case, a model whose confidential information was sold to a newspaper by a police officer
Companies which compete for government contracts are entitled to be treated fairly. However, overturning the result of tendering exercises can be an uphill struggle, as one former provider of locum doctors to the NHS discovered in a High Court case. The relatively small company had
Britain’s largest and best-attended zoo has won a £1.3 million victory over the tax authorities after a tribunal ruled that it can set off against its overall VAT bills the tax it pays on the cost of keeping and maintaining its 8,000 animals and building
Nature must sometimes make way for human needs, as was clearly illustrated by a Court of Appeal case in which business-friendly developments in an economically deprived area were given the green light despite concerns for the habitat of protected bats. The local authority had granted
Since 6 May 2014, anyone wishing to make a claim to an Employment Tribunal (ET) must first notify the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), so that they can be offered an opportunity to resolve their dispute using its Early Conciliation (EC) scheme and thus
Josiah Hincks Solicitors are delighted to today launch a whole new department concerning Business Defence. It follows the appointment of local criminal law solicitor Daniel Howe, who has significant expertise in all types of crime matters. His background combined with Josiah Hincks reputation for providing
The Government has launched an initial consultation, ‘Closing the Gender Pay Gap’, with a view to introducing regulations under Section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 that will require employers in the private and voluntary sectors with at least 250 employees to publish information about
The corporate veil protects company directors against the consequences of bad luck or even poor judgment – but never wrongdoing. In one case, a man who made false statements to finance companies as his business foundered has been disqualified from acting as a company director
Public and product liability insurance policies invariably include a clause requiring the insured to give swift notice of any impending claims. However, in one case, the High Court ruled that insurers took an excessively rigorous approach to such a provision and wrongly refused to indemnify
Fatal injuries at work are, thankfully, rare, which means that the annual figures are subject to chance variation. However, over the last 20 years there has been a downward trend in the rate of fatal injury, although since 2008/2009 the trend is less clear. The
