In an extreme case of workplace malaise, a spectacular falling out between two fund managers who were jointly responsible for the investment strategy of a publicly listed private equity fund was the trigger for a $3 million High Court contract dispute. The fund managers (A
In the latest in a series of cases on the correct calculation of holiday pay (Lock v British Gas Trading Limited and Others), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has followed the preliminary opinion handed down by the Advocate General that a
The Court of Appeal has lamented the ‘very regrettable outcome’ to a case in which the failure of an Employment Tribunal (ET) to give clear or rational reasons for upholding a worker’s claim resulted in an entirely abortive legal process. In a strongly worded decision,
Amidst straitened times for the legal aid budget, the High Court has questioned why public funding was extended for a murderer to pursue an ‘absurd’ argument that he was unlawfully denied the right to vote whilst serving his life sentence. The man was convicted in
In a test case which entailed authoritative analysis of the law of nuisance, a water company whose sewer was blocked by concrete in a freak accident has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that it is entitled to compensation for its loss. A construction
In opening the way for expansion of an airport in Kent, the High Court has rejected objectors’ arguments that the development would pose an unacceptable threat of disaster due to its close proximity to the Dungeness nuclear power plant. Opponents to proposals for a runway
Six construction companies which were between them fined more than £16.5 million by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for their involvement in anti-competitive ‘bid rigging’ have had their hopes of getting part of their money back dashed by the High Court. The six and
In a decision which broke new legal ground, the Court of Appeal has upheld the right of two companies to close their membership registers to an ‘obsessed’ shareholder who was intent on airing stale complaints concerning their management. The case was the first time that
The eminence grise behind websites which were used to download millions of copies of films and television shows in wholesale breach of copyright is facing ruin after the High Court found him guilty of conspiring to defraud the US film industry. The businessman was brought
In a case which balanced the pressing need for more sources of renewable energy against potential impacts on scheduled ancient monuments, a mineral water firm has fought off a High Court challenge to its planning permission for the erection of two wind turbines to power
