The music industry would appear to be winning its long-running war against piracy after coming down hard on the operators of 21 websites who actively encouraged music lovers to download copies of hit songs in wholesale violation of copyright. Household name music publishers, who together
In a telling reminder to amateur investors that they should seek legal advice straight away if they feel let down by their financial advisers, a woman who lost a chunk of her life savings in a misguided bid to make them grow will go uncompensated
In a case which has the potential to change the face of Internet advertising, the Court of Appeal has opened yet another chapter in the marathon struggle between Interflora and Marks and Spencer over the latter’s use of Google’s AdWords service. The international flower delivery giants
In a case which put the spotlight on the often tense relationship between corporate boardrooms and the press, a company is taking legal action against one of its former non-executive directors, claiming that he was the source of damaging media leaks. The eminent businessman came
Those who fund commercial litigation in the hope of profit should take note of a case in which financial supporters of a wholly unsuccessful claim to a stake in highly lucrative oil fields ended up facing legal costs bills in excess of £20 million. In
In a guideline case which underlined the need for total honesty when communicating with insurers, the owners of a vessel which suffered more than Euros 3 million of damage in a near-sinking will go without a penny in compensation after one of its representatives told
In enforcing the full rigour of green belt protection policies following an important test case, the Court of Appeal has scotched controversial plans for the expansion of a Surrey aerodrome and the replacement of grass landing strips with a hard runway. Local authorities had refused
Further to the ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that remuneration received by employees for ‘non-guaranteed’ overtime which they routinely worked as part of a ‘settled pattern’ of their employment should be included when calculating their holiday pay (see Overtime and Holiday Pay –
In a case which raised vital issues in respect of the personal legal responsibility of corporate officers, a tycoon who lost millions after buying an executive jet which he said did not come up to scratch will go uncompensated following a Court of Appeal ruling.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published provisional statistics for the year April 2013 to March 2014 which show that an estimated 28.2 million working days were lost through injury and ill health. In addition, in 2013/2014 there were: The industries in which workers
