The controversial HS2 high-speed rail scheme has suffered a setback after the High Court ruled that the consultation process in respect of compensation to be paid to property owners affected by the multi-billion-pound project ‘was so unfair as to be unlawful’. However, the Department of
In the context of a $10 million dispute in respect of a metal trading contract, a judge was entitled to substitute his own views for those of arbitrators who had reached an ‘obviously wrong’ conclusion, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In circumstances where there
A potential clash between one of Britain’s biggest regeneration projects and the re-opening of fuel terminals alongside the Manchester Ship Canal came under the High Court spotlight as landowners argued that they were being kept in the dark about issues which could have a major
A teacher who, whilst suffering from depression and extreme stress, inflicted life-threatening injuries on a 14-year-old pupil, has been barred from working with vulnerable adults, as well as with children. The Court of Appeal ruled that the restrictions imposed by the Disclosure and Barring Service
A company that sued a trade rival for slander and malicious falsehood, claiming that an over-enthusiastic salesman had disparaged its business model to a potential customer, has had its case struck out on the basis that pursuing the matter to trial would ‘not be worth
Arbitrators had no jurisdiction to resolve a contractual dispute between shipping companies because there had never been any binding charterparty between them, the High Court has ruled. A close analysis of email traffic between representatives of the two companies revealed that the agreement had remained
Motorists who receive parking penalties will at least have the comfort of knowing that they will not have to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) on their bills after a Court of Appeal ruling that they should be viewed as ‘damages for trespass’ rather than payments
A spread-betting company has triumphed in a High Court damages claim against a former senior employee who engaged in a series of fraudulent transactions over a three-year period. The company puts its losses resulting from the frauds perpetrated by the senior shares dealer at more
The High Court has rejected claims by a neighbourhood forum established under the Localism Act 2011 that a local authority rode roughshod over Parliament’s intention that local communities should be encouraged to engage fully in planning decisions that affect them. The Daws Hill Neighbourhood Forum
Householders whose homes were hit by storm and flood damage were reluctantly at the epicentre of a High Court case with crucial implications for the insurance industry but have defeated claims that they should be held personally liable to pay builders who carried out repairs.
