In a telling example of friendship not forming a sound basis for financial dealings, a retired pharmacist who lost $1.75 million when a neighbour and fellow golf club member inadvertently delivered him into the arms of a Cambodian fraudster has won his money back at
When a business disputes occurs it can be devastating. The most common type of dispute that occurs in Leicester is non-payment of invoices. Perhaps owing to the recent economic climate there have been a number of businesses who have struggled to recoup the monies that
In an extraordinary case that starkly reveals the limits on the coercive powers of the family courts, a judge has declined to impose a further prison sentence on a father who had already served nearly two years continuously in jail for refusing to reveal the
A mother’s desperate fight to renew contact with her disabled daughter many years after her adoption has yielded important guidance from the nation’s top family judge on the balance to be struck between the principle of open justice and the need to protect children and
There are many potential benefits of buying a franchise, such as having access to well-established business and accounting systems, centralised marketing and a proven business model. Being part of a well-known national brand also has an appeal for many business people. In exchange for the
A solicitor who was ‘squeezed out’ of his partnership with another lawyer by the latter’s repeated breaches of contract following a bitter falling-out between them is in line for substantial compensation following a Court of Appeal ruling. Solicitor A had entered into a partnership with
A psychiatrist who was in line for a substantial compensation payout after her NHS bosses were dealt harsh criticism by an Employment Tribunal (ET) will have to fight her case all over again due to the ET’s lack of adequate reasoning in its strongly worded
In a case which reveals that relative corporate minnows can succeed in upholding their intellectual property rights against much larger companies, the High Court has ruled that the giant Hollywood studio behind the hit television show ‘Glee’ infringed the trade mark of a long-established chain
Shops and other commercial premises targeted by campaign groups will be afforded greater protection in future after the Supreme Court upheld the aggravated trespass convictions of two men who invaded a cosmetics store that they believed took its supplies from Palestinian territory occupied by Israel.
In an extreme case of workplace tension between colleagues leading to prolonged litigation, the dismissed former head of a police force’s in-house diversity unit has suffered defeat in a marathon legal campaign to prove that he was the victim of racial discrimination. The man, who
