The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has expressed deep concern about a gap in the law which enables overseas recruiters of British seafarers to engage in flagrant discrimination if the vessels on which they wish to serve are foreign-flagged and operate outside UK territorial waters. A
Some divorcees sadly think it is clever to be less than forthcoming about the value of their assets, thus rendering a fair division much more difficult. In a vanishingly rare case, big money divorce proceedings had to be reopened not just once, but twice, due
Club members who abide by the rules and pay their subscriptions have contractual rights and the courts are more than capable of enforcing them. In a striking case on point, a judge came to the aid of a man whose cherished membership of a prestigious
Developing land for housing can provide the knock-on benefits of saving troubled businesses, thus preserving jobs and local economic health. However, as a High Court ruling showed, such advantages do not always outweigh planning objections. The case concerned a luxury hotel in severe financial difficulties.
Workplace disciplinary inquiries must be thorough, fair – and prompt. The point was made by an Employment Tribunal (ET) in the case of an underground railway worker who was kept in a state of limbo for almost 16 months whilst sexual harassment allegations against him
Event organisers and health and safety professionals should take careful note of a High Court case in which a charity was found partially to blame for an accident in which a woman was run down by a lorry during preparations for a bonfire night fair.
Agricultural land, like any other asset, is ultimately worth what someone is willing to pay for it and the only sure means of assessing its value is to expose it to the open market. A tribunal made that point in ruling on an Inheritance Tax
Contracting by email may be swift and convenient but, as a High Court case showed, such informality has serious pitfalls, including the ever-present risk that important messages may be misaddressed or end up in junk folders. A subcontractor engaged to perform enabling works in respect
Even in the absence of proof of clinical negligence, expert personal injury lawyers are capable of winning compensation for their injured clients. In a case on point, a 10-year-old boy won a compensation package worth more than £8 million despite continued NHS denials that medical
Is an intangible, digital version of a printed newspaper itself a ‘newspaper’, thus benefiting from VAT zero-rating? In a ruling of huge importance to the media industry, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has answered that burning question in the affirmative. A media company published digital versions
