In upholding a black road sweeper’s race discrimination complaint, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has given authoritative guidance on the recurrently thorny issue as to the circumstances in which it is appropriate to infer discrimination and to reverse the burden of proof against employers. The
In an important decision for developers, a planning inspector’s decision that the lack of affordable homes in the City of York was trumped by the even more acute need for a greater supply of housing land has been upheld by the High Court. In granting
A Government consultation which closed last December has led to proposals that will allow providers of social housing to charge their better-off tenants market rent for their properties. The proposals are intended to come into effect in April 2015 and will no doubt attract much
The owner of a group of entertainment venues which trade as ‘the Glee Club’ has been successful in its claim that the successful US television ‘Glee’ has infringed its trade mark, which was registered in 1999. The Club also group claimed that Glee Club had
In a case which raised issues in respect of cross-border litigation, an international bank which acted as trustee of a series of bonds, worth $80 million, issued to an Indian oil and gas exploration company, has been granted summary judgment for the entire sum owing
A businessman who accused the scientist inventors of an innovative and potentially highly lucrative ‘energy from waste’ process of reneging on their agreement to exploit it through his company has failed to convince the High Court that they violated their fiduciary duties and acted in
In a case which gives important guidance on the correct approach to the licensing of sex establishments, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a businessman who spent more than £100,000 setting up a lap dancing club in Oxford was justifiably refused a licence renewal
In a bitter warning to employers of the threat to their business and staff posed by misuse of the Internet, a rogue web designer who became a Facebook troll and conducted an obsessive ‘cyber-stalking’ campaign against former colleagues has been ordered by the High Court
In a decision which raised interesting issues in respect of quantification of damages and mitigation of loss in negligent workmanship cases, the High Court has, subject to liability, ruled that the owners of a damaged fishing trawler are entitled to £435,000 in compensation. The beam
In a case of vital importance to landowners and those involved in handling waste, the Court of Appeal has fixed strict criminal liability on a company – despite its plea that it was unaware that a third party was carrying out unauthorised and environmentally damaging
