In a case which vividly illustrates that confusion between similar website names is not an insoluble problem, a businessman has been directed to give up two internet domain names which were capable of creating public confusion and a perception that they were connected to the
A new system has come into force which relaxes the rules regarding the disclosure of past convictions and cautions when checks are carried out on job applicants by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) – formerly the Criminal Records Bureau. This follows a judgment by
In an important ruling to those engaged in overseas trade, the Supreme Court has underlined the long-standing and well recognised jurisdiction of the English courts to restrain foreign proceedings brought in violation of contractual clauses that dictate that any disputes arising must be arbitrated in
HM Courts and Tribunals Service has confirmed that from Monday 29 July 2013 bringing an employment tribunal (ET) claim will no longer be free of charge. The fee structure for single claims to the ET will be as follows: For level 1 claims (e.g. claims
In emphasising that judicial review is a remedy of last resort, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a judge was ‘plainly wrong’ to entertain a challenge to findings made against a bank’s finance director by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in circumstances where an
In a guideline case, two Middle Eastern princes who are facing claims in an unfair prejudice petition under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 have failed to convince the Court of Appeal that they enjoy sovereign immunity from suit on the basis that they
In a case which highlighted the difficult balance to be struck between child protection and the rights of the individual, a police force has been criticised by the High Court for its ‘blinkered’ treatment of a teacher who was acquitted of sexually touching four of
In a ruling of enormous significance to family and commercial practitioners, the Supreme Court has ruled in the context of a ‘big money’ divorce case that it is in certain very limited circumstances legitimate for family judges to ‘pierce the corporate veil’ in order to
The Open University (OU) is due a £21 million tax rebate, plus interest, after the First-Tier Tribunal accepted that payments it made to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over a 16-year period should have been treated as exempt from VAT on the basis that services
In resolving a dispute as to the ownership of intellectual property rights in respect of software that formed the ‘crown jewels’ of a highly successful investment business, the High Court has ruled that authorship does not necessarily equate to copyright. A husband and wife had
