An epic legal pie-throwing competition set north against south and ended in victory for a Bolton-based baker which based its design for a ‘teardrop’ meat treat on Leeds United Football Club’s emblem. After Peter Hunt’s Bakery Limited registered its pie design, it faced bitter
In a stern warning to taxpayers that they should keep a close eye on their diaries, a health and safety company was hit with a £12,000 penalty after forgetting about a bank holiday and paying its VAT liabilities four days late. The company
A devoutly Christian care worker who complained of religious discrimination after her local authority employer required her to work on Sundays has failed in her landmark fight for compensation – but only at the final hurdle. In a ruling which opens the way
The heated debate over the employment rights of ministers of religion – or lack of them – is set to continue after a Church of England Rector won the right to a full hearing of his whistleblowing and constructive unfair dismissal claims. The
In giving important guidance on the vexed issue of duties owed by professionals to those who are not their clients and to the public in general, the Court of Appeal has cleared surveyors of all responsibility for a freak accident in which a shop
In a crucial test case for businesses and property professionals, local authorities who say that they were unfairly refused exemptions from controversial changes in planning rules that allowed wholesale conversion of offices into homes have taken their complaints to the High Court. The
In a ruling of significance to the business community, and the media in particular, Britain’s largest commercial radio operator has failed to overturn a Competition Commission order that it must divest itself of a number of its stations to ensure that advertisers get a
In a case which raised novel issues on the interrelationship between insolvency and transfer of undertakings rules, a haulage company (company A) is facing a rash of Employment Tribunal (ET) proceedings after taking over the workforce of another company (company B) on the next
In an extreme case of office politics, a bitter falling out between a husband and wife team and the former manager of their legal practice culminated in an enormously costly four-day High Court hearing in which allegations of covert harassment were made. The
A homeowner who is tired of the noise of model aircraft flying over neighbouring farmland has persuaded the High Court that local planners erred in law when they granted a certificate of lawful use in respect of the activity. The local authority had
