If charities are too similarly named there is an obvious risk of confusion on the part of donors and others. In tackling one such issue a tribunal had to consider whether the words ‘Islamic’ and ‘Muslim’ mean essentially the same thing. The Cambridge Islamic College
The new and highly controversial Electronic Communications Code – which enables telecommunications equipment to be effectively forced on reluctant landowners – has come under analysis for what is believed to be the first time in a tribunal case. Two mobile phone operators argued that they
All workers are entitled to rest breaks, but special rules apply to railway employees whose work is linked to timetables and the overriding need to keep public services running. In an important case for the industry, those rules have come under analysis in the Court
Supply chains can be lengthy and, when damage occurs to perishable goods in transit, it can be hard to pin down where responsibility lies. That was certainly so in a High Court case concerning a consignment of almost 12 tons of French cheese. The French
In a ground-breaking case, a heartbroken mother who was left traumatised after her daughter was born gravely disabled as a result of hospital negligence has won more than £75,000 in compensation from the NHS. The High Court found that the mother was a primary victim
There is no such thing as a perfect parent and the law presumes that it is best to keep families together, unless there is firm evidence that children are coming to significant harm. A family judge made that point in refusing to open the way
Uncertainties surrounding the Brexit vote have inevitably led to major businesses anxiously considering their position in the UK. In a case on point, the High Court opened the way for one of the world’s largest insurance groups to relocate its European operations from London to
In an important test case, online taxi operator Uber has challenged as perverse an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling that thousands of drivers who rely on its app for their livelihoods are ‘workers’ within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA). The ET’s decision
Everybody knows that tax has to be paid on time and that financial penalties will follow if deadlines are missed – however, there is such a thing as a reasonable excuse. In a case exactly on point, a tech company whose logistics and cashflow were
Employers are under a duty to keep their staff reasonably safe, but the law does not expect them to have perfect foresight of every eventuality. A judge made that point in dismissing a compensation claim by a former fireman who claimed that exposure to a
