A private finance initiative to provide state-of-the-art new facilities for two hospitals – which was supposed to herald 35 years of amicable relations between developers and an NHS Trust – ended in bitter litigation even before the project’s completion. The Trust had entered into the
Following a unique High Court dispute, the Association for Project Management (APM) has finally achieved its ambition to receive a Royal Charter, despite the fierce objections of its larger American rival, the Project Management Institute (PMI). APM, a registered charity, has about 20,000 members in
A businessman who parted with £620,000 after entering into an illegal insider trading contract during a kitchen table poker game has been awarded his money back by the Court of Appeal in a case which broke new legal ground. In what was described as a
A senior Ministry of Justice lawyer who vehemently denies accusations that he bullied and harassed more junior colleagues has failed to convince the High Court that disciplinary proceedings against him should be blocked. The lawyer, who had been suspended from his post on full pay
A couple whose home was so blighted by passing traffic that they had to keep their doors and windows shut have failed to block plans for a waste transfer station next door – on the basis that the development would make little difference to the
The recession may be over but that has not quelled the tide of litigation that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers as the bank’s liquidators continue their task of recovering as much as possible from the ashes of the financial leviathan. Long before the financial
Arsenal Football Club’s controversial plans to expand the number of music concerts and major events held at the Emirates Stadium have been stymied by a High Court ruling which emphasised the right of local residents to enjoy their peace and quiet. The club wanted to
A retailer which put its hands up and admitted passing off and breaching another company’s trade mark, by selling clothes bearing the latter’s logo, has escaped having to identify the supplier of the offending goods. The retailer, which specialised in selling discontinued stock at discounted
An amateur landlord who ended up with a criminal conviction after illegally renting out his former home to multiple occupants has managed to escape the further sanction of having to repay a year’s worth of rent to his tenants. The man had rented rooms in
Following a High Court ruling, commercial property freeholders have been landed with a stinging £590,000 non-domestic rates bill in respect of an office block which had stood empty for more than two years after their tenants went bust. Under the terms of the lease, the
