Three Court of Appeal judges have expressed dismay after two wealthy couples blew £500,000 on a ‘toxic’ dispute over little more than a few feet of muddy ditch. Neither couple achieved an outright victory in the ‘Dickensian’ neighbours’ dispute which the Court described as an
Residential tenants of listed former newspaper offices, engaged in an epic struggle with their landlords over the heavy cost of maintaining the historic building, have been urged to seek a reasonable compromise by the Upper Tribunal (UT). Two floors of the baroque-style landmark had been
A man who accused auction house Sotheby’s of negligently selling a painting which could have been by Italian baroque master Caravaggio for just £42,000 has had his hopes of multi-million-pound compensation dashed by the High Court. The painting of three card players closely resembled a
A celebrated legal stalemate – involving the governments of India and Pakistan, the heirs of the last ruling Nizam of Hyderabad and £35 million held in a British bank – may finally draw to a conclusion after more than 65 years of heated dispute. The
Perennial issues in respect of the tax treatment of business entertaining expenses came to the fore as a leading accountancy firm sought a VAT refund, going back more than 25 years, on the costs of feeding and watering its clients. From the inception of VAT
The High Court has opened the way for a controversial housing development on a former industrial site – despite objectors’ fears that the soil may be contaminated with anthrax spores and other toxic materials which pose a serious risk to public health. The site was,
The Government has announced the names of a further 37 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW). Collectively, the offenders owe a total of £177,000 in arrears and have received financial penalties totalling more than £51,000. In October,2013, the
A local authority’s former head of finance is in line for substantial compensation after he was unfairly forced out of his job – despite failing to convince the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that he was also a victim of sex discrimination. The man had been
The seizure of a merchant vessel by pirates gave rise to a dispute which highlighted the risks of inconsistency which can arise from layering of contracts. Fundamental conflicts in the terms of a contract, a sub-contract and a sub-sub-contract could only be resolved by resort
Giant car rental companies met head-to-head in court after both of them adopted a stylised lower case ‘e’ as their corporate logos. The High Court upheld trade mark infringement and passing off claims by one of them after finding that similarities between the logos created
