Public authorities are evidently focused on serving the public at large and the extent to which they owe legal duties of care to individuals has long been an area of heated legal debate. The Court of Appeal gave authoritative guidance on the issue in a
Is a children’s nursery a school? The High Court has ruled in a guideline case that, at least in the planning context, the answer to that question is no. The operator of a nursery installed two temporary buildings in its garden in order to provide
Accident and clinical negligence victims often receive large sums in compensation to pay for their long-term care – but what happens if money remains in the pot when they die? The High Court considered that issue in a guideline case. The case concerned a boy
Women and men who do comparable jobs for the same employer have for decades been entitled to equal pay – but the basis on which such comparisons can be made has been a perennial subject of legal debate. The Court of Appeal gave authoritative guidance
Suspicions that your employees are using your confidential information and time that you have paid for to plot their next career move are sadly often justified. However, as a High Court case showed, specialist solicitors can help you protect your business from such unlawful conduct.
Those who engage in joint ventures necessarily submit to an element of communal decision-making and must take the rough with the smooth if things go wrong. The Court of Appeal made that point in apportioning financial responsibility for a £68 million deficit in an employee
There is a clear public interest in those who work with children or vulnerable adults being required to submit to criminal record checks – but how old, or minor, do their convictions have to be in order to be exempt from disclosure? The Supreme Court
Minority shareholders may have limited influence, but they do have rights and, when their interests are unfairly prejudiced by the conduct of the majority, the courts have a full range of powers to ensure that justice prevails. The point was powerfully made by a case
Some social media users persist in the belief that they can hide behind anonymity and publish false and wounding accusations online with complete impunity. The falsity of such assumptions was, however, laid bare by a case in which an Internet troll was ordered to pay
The Government has published a consultation paper on its plans to enhance protection from redundancy for pregnant women and new parents returning to work. This follows a recommendation in the 2017 Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices and conclusions of the Women and Equalities Select
