Where employees are accused of gross misconduct, suspending them on full pay pending a disciplinary investigation is all too often a knee-jerk reaction. However, such a step is not always justified and a firm of architects which fell into that trap found itself liable to
Requests for commercial loans are often accompanied by extravagant assurances of high returns and minimal risks – but they should never be entered into without first taking expert advice. In a case on point, an experienced businessman reaped a bitter harvest after lending over $1.5
Here at Josiah Hincks we are supporting LOROS and fundraising for them by participating in their charity skydive event on the 1st September 2019! Three of our brave employees, Charley, Laurie and Natalie are participating in the event and they need your help to beat
What are the criteria that have to be met before a trade union can be listed as such under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) tackled that thorny issue in ruling that a union established to represent
Do approved building control inspectors, whose task it is to ensure that construction works comply with building regulations, owe a duty of care to a purchaser of a defective property? In an important test case for property professionals, the Court of Appeal has answered that
Those who take a reckless approach to environmental protection rules can expect to be hit hard in the pocket. In a case on point, a utilities company which allowed raw sewage to flow into a rural stream was fined £2 million. The company was prosecuted
Major infrastructure projects commonly involve long contractual chains and, with so many professionals and building firms involved, discerning where responsibility lies for defects can be a serious headache. One case showed, however, that specialist construction industry judges are more than capable of rising to such
Holidaymakers and business travellers will be interested to know that very particular rules apply to accidents that occur on board aircraft. However, expert lawyers can be relied upon to rise to such challenges and, in one case, won a passenger six-figure compensation following a slipping
Meeting hot demand for new homes is a central objective of planning policy, but so is preserving precious green spaces. The High Court struck a balance between those two objectives in scotching plans to build hundreds of dwellings in a green wedge that divides two
Where workers are employed on permanent contracts but work for only part of the year, how should their holiday pay be calculated? The Court of Appeal addressed that burning issue in a test case concerning a school music teacher. The teacher was not a casual
