The burning debate over how the south east of England’s acute need for more new homes is to be met formed the background to a High Court dispute in which a giant insurance company challenged a local authority’s refusal to allocate its strategic land-holding for
In a guideline decision that will be greeted with dismay by those who campaign for the rights of vulnerable migrant workers, the Court of Appeal has ruled that two Nigerian women who were appallingly mistreated by those who employed them as domestic servants were nevertheless
In a striking example of an arbitration award merely firing the starting gun on years of intractable litigation, the High Court has lamented that, almost a decade after a contractor was awarded more than $99 million, not a penny has yet been paid. The contractor
A leading firm of solicitors has been ordered to pay more than £1.6 million in damages for professional negligence after a busy lawyer misunderstood or misremembered his client’s instructions when drafting a partnership agreement. The law firm had been retained to advise a headhunting business
Following extensive litigation, with more than $1 million at stake, the High Court has found that an apparently complex dispute relating to an abortive oil trading contract is in the end likely to come down to a single missing signature. Two Swiss companies had entered
The Government has accepted the recommendations put forward in the Low Pay Commission’s annual report 2014 for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for 2014/2015. The following changes will come into effect on 1 October 2014: the adult NMW rate will increase from £6.31 to
In a ruling which placed an important limitation on the scope of EU rules designed to protect part-time workers from less favourable treatment, a retired part-time judge has failed to convince the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that his pension entitlement should be calculated by reference
A minor road accident which caused less than £3,000 worth of damage gave rise to a Court of Appeal test case on the burning issue of credit vehicle hire agreements, and a decision of critical importance to the motor insurance industry. A motorist whose car
The Mormon Church has failed in its long-running campaign to show that the refusal of a full business rates exemption for its temple in Preston, Lancashire, amounted to unlawful discrimination and a violation of its human right to freedom of religion. The Church – properly
