In a case which bitterly underlines the good sense of seeking legal advice before entering into even apparently simple property transactions, a ‘naïve’ tenant who signed a lease on the basis of a fundamental error of law had to resort to costly litigation to
In a clear reminder that not every contractual term is written and that obligations may develop over time through ‘custom and practice’, the Court of Appeal has directed a fresh employment tribunal (ET) hearing of four unfairly dismissed bakery workers’ claims for enhanced redundancy
In a ruling which underlines that the cause of disasters can often be nothing more complicated than a fleeting moment of inattention, motor insurers face having to pay more than £2 million compensation after a motorist’s failure to engage his hand-brake triggered a potentially
In a case which bitterly illustrates that the law can be harsh if statutory time limits are not met, a patent holder has forfeited the valuable protection that would otherwise have been afforded to a medicinal product due to a failure to pay a £4,000
In the context of an industrial odour nuisance claim, the High Court has found that a proposed defendant to the case was not entitled to assert a limitation defence on the basis that its identity as an operator of a rendering plant during a
In a decision which helps to define the limits of employers’ vicarious liability for the culpable actions of their staff, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a police Chief Constable could not be held responsible in law for a campaign of harassment allegedly
A businessman was left rueing the trust he had placed in a long-standing employee and wishing that he had done more to protect his commercial data after the disloyal worker loaded his stationery company’s entire Sage accounting database onto a memory stick on the
The vital importance of abiding by the correct formalities in setting up a company has been underlined by a High Court case in which an absence of documentation led to a bitter and costly falling out between former business partners over their respective shareholdings
The ex-wife of an RAF squadron leader, who was still living in his married quarters five years after their relationship ended and he moved out, is facing eviction after failing to persuade the High Court that her lack of security of tenure violated her
In an important ruling which significantly extends the armoury of financial regulators, the High Court has ruled that the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) had power to adjudicate upon an investor’s complaint that his foreign exchange (forex) trading account was mismanaged by a City firm.
