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A marketing company boss who was the first person to be fined under anti-spam texting laws has had his £300,000 penalty overturned by the First-Tier Tribunal on the basis that his activities, whilst no doubt irritating, were unlikely to have caused substantial distress to
A catastrophic flood that caused £4.75 million of damage to a newly completed block of flats has led to the exposure of a ‘comically inept’ muddle between various firms engaged in a construction project which was described by a judge as ‘death by sub-contracting’.
In a striking example of the heated competition that sometimes accompanies major building projects, four developers who were all intent on building a new motorway service area on the same stretch of the A1(M) in North Yorkshire locked horns at the High Court –
The High Court has ruled that, in assessing compensation payable following repudiation of contracts, it is necessary for arbitrators to consider hypothetically whether innocent parties would in fact have been able to meet their obligations had the breach not occurred. In the context
A Court of Appeal ruling has opened a new chapter in a bitter landlord and tenant dispute between two doctors whose partnership collapsed after they fell out and who have since lavished more than £100,000 in legal costs arguing over which of them has
A hard-working student nurse who held down several jobs to fund himself through university has paid the price for his poor record-keeping after the tax authorities refused to allow the deduction of travel, subsistence and other expenses from his income tax liabilities because they
In a fascinating interplay between company and family law, the Court of Appeal has rejected arguments that a wife breached her fiduciary duty as sole director of a burgeoning dentistry business in which her husband, his mother and brother were majority shareholders. The
A widow who hesitated for more than six years before taking legal action, despite her conviction that her wealthy husband had not made reasonable financial provision for her in his will, has paid a heavy price after the Court of Appeal ruled that her
In a sign-post ruling, the Court of Appeal has emphasised that litigants who refuse to engage in mediation will be penalised heavily in legal costs. One party to a landlord and tenant dispute had twice invited its opponent to engage in Alternative Dispute Resolution
