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.
In a ruling which underlines that insurance policy exclusion clauses are not just small print and must be taken seriously, reinsurers have successfully avoided liability for the loss of a cargo and passenger ferry that sailed into the eye of a typhoon off the
In an unusual case that illustrates the truism that almost every aspect of life is at some point debated in the courts, a wealthy couple who subjected teachers to an ‘enduring nightmare’ by bombarding them with ‘relentless’ complaints about their children’s schooling have failed
In a clear indication that criminal defence costs will generally not be considered tax deductible, the boss of a transport business who spent almost £270,000 fighting a manslaughter charge after one of his lorries hit and killed a pensioner has failed in a bid
In a powerful illustration of the increasingly international flavour of the English civil justice system, the Court of Appeal had to delve deep into the unfamiliar territory of Japanese law in order to resolve a bitter contract dispute in respect of the import from
In a case with critical implications for alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a couple who were mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) have had their case struck out on the basis that they had unreasonably refused to accept an ADR award of full monetary compensation but
