A Court of Appeal ruling has shed much-needed light on the confusing reaches of the law relating to allotments but has also dealt a devastating blow to plot holders who bitterly objected to their beloved vegetable patches being sold off to make way for
The High Court has tested the boundaries of European Union competition laws in the context of a heated trade dispute which sprang from a critical shortage of a market-leading antiretroviral drug used for treating HIV patients. The drug’s manufacturer had supplied the product
A veteran fund manager who brought down the wrath of his former employer when he resigned and moved to a competitor has been issued with an injunction holding him to a ‘garden leave’ covenant in his contract. The High Court found that the term
In a salutary reminder of how very tough it can be to obtain exemptions from tax, the Professional Golfers’ Association Limited (PGA) has failed to convince a tax tribunal that its members should be permitted to deduct their annual membership fees from their Income
In a case which involved an interesting stand-off between planning objectives and the sacrosanctity of public access to common land, a local authority has scored a significant High Court victory in its fight to re-develop the site of a derelict hospital in the midst
In making clear that litigants who present evidence selectively to support their case will face serious consequences, the High Court has overturned an asset freezing order obtained in a debt recovery claim on the basis that relevant documents were not shown to the judge
In a landmark decision, the Court of Appeal has quashed the Government’s decision to close down the £359 million Independent Living Fund which provides vital support to thousands of severely disabled people with the aim of combatting their social exclusion. In ruling that
Under Section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA), employers have a duty to consult with appropriate representatives of employees concerning forthcoming redundancies if 20 or more employees are to be dismissed ‘at one establishment’ within a 90 day
In what a judge acknowledged to be a classic illustration of the maxim ‘never go into business with either family or friends’, former close associates who fell out bitterly over the profits from a property development ended up fighting out their ‘sorry saga’ in
In resolving a building dispute, the High Court has emphasised that Parliament has laid down a ‘relatively summary process’ for resolving contractual issues in such cases and that, in deciding the ambit of an adjudicator’s jurisdiction, the parties ‘should not have to engage in
