A woman who says that she has been plagued for years by anti-social behaviour and noise emanating from a basketball court next to her home has failed to convince the High Court that it was irrational of planners to allow the facility’s use at all
Britain’s Freemasons will be deeply disappointed by a tax tribunal’s ruling that their governing Grand Lodge is not sufficiently ‘philosophical’ or ‘philanthropic’ to qualify for a VAT exemption potentially worth millions. The United Grand Lodge of England represents about 250,000 Masons, belonging to around 8,000
In a case which illustrated the impact of years of recession on commercial rents in some parts of the country, the High Court has rejected tenants’ arguments that they should have their rent on shop premises reduced to levels that were first agreed in the
Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of serious workplace injury in the UK, with more than 40 people killed and 4,000 suffering major injuries every year. As part of the Government’s drive to save businesses time and money by eliminating unnecessary red
A local authority that ‘diced with procedural death’ after launching proceedings against allegedly negligent architects hard up against the expiry of the relevant limitation period has had its substantial claim struck out by the Technology and Construction Court. The Council had accused the architects of
In a guideline case that established that European equal treatment laws do not have retrospective effect – and that not every act of discrimination is unlawful – a gay man who campaigned to secure equal pension survivorship rights for same-sex couples has met with defeat
In a case which raised issues of importance to any foreign traveller – as well as to corporate lawyers – the High Court has accepted jurisdiction to hear a multi-million-pound damages claim brought by the widow of one of Britain’s top legal brains, who died
In a decision which helps to set the boundaries of the employment relationship, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has been found vicariously liable for the negligence of a prison inmate whose carelessness resulted in serious injury to the jail’s catering manager. Although the prisoner was
In a case which underlined the limits of judicial review, a campaigner who feared that a controversial city traffic management scheme would turn the historic Regency street where he lives into a rat run for buses and heavy lorries has had his complaints of illegality
The nation’s predominantly silver-haired army of Contract Bridge players will be perplexed by a tax tribunal’s ruling that it is just a ‘game’ – not a ‘sport’ – and that membership subscriptions paid to the English Bridge Union (EBU) are thus not exempt from VAT.
