In a cautionary tale of which all product inventors should take note, a design student who came up with the idea for an innovative ride-on children’s suitcase that achieved phenomenal, worldwide, success very nearly lost out to a competitor due to a delay in
In a telling sign of the insurance industry’s toughening stance on ubiquitous ‘cash-for-crash’ frauds, a taxi driver who alleged that he had been badly injured in a road accident will go without a penny in compensation after a judge found that he was implicated
A wife who risked everything she had in her desperate attempt to protect her children and keep her fraudster husband out of jail has won more than £67,000 damages from solicitors who negligently failed to advise her that signing her assets away was very
In an important decision which involved re-consideration of the long-standing limits on employees recovering damages for losses arising from the manner of their dismissal, a former primary school secretary who says that she was ordered to clear her desk and ‘paraded’ off the premises
In a decision that underlines that tax disadvantages can sometimes go hand in hand with family relationships, the First-Tier Tribunal has ruled that a company director whose sons’ university education was funded by his employers was rightly subjected to income tax on the basis
In the context of a commercial dispute, the Court of Appeal has robustly re-affirmed the ‘open court’ principle and ruled that the prospect of reputational damage to companies or individuals can only very rarely outweigh freedom of expression and the fundamental principle that justice
In a bitter illustration of the truism that love and financial arrangements do not always mix well, a pensioner is locked in legal dispute with his ex-partner in relation to their respective interests in a seaside home. A High Court judge noted that the
In a case which underlines the difficulties that can be caused by delay in planning cases, the Court of Appeal has ruled that campaigners opposed to a substantial residential development were correctly permitted to amend the grounds of their appeal after the expiry of
In a ruling which underlines that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are not always right when it comes to correctly interpreting the law, an online provider of prescription glasses has convinced the First-Tier Tribunal that the services it provides to its customers should
The Government is consulting on further measures aimed at making it more difficult for illegal migrants to live and work in the UK. The measures include tougher civil penalties for rogue businesses that employ illegal migrants, including an increase in the maximum penalty
