Business Law Updates

Perennial issues in respect of the tax treatment of business entertaining expenses came to the fore as a leading accountancy firm sought a VAT refund, going back more than 25 years, on the costs of

The seizure of a merchant vessel by pirates gave rise to a dispute which highlighted the risks of inconsistency which can arise from layering of contracts. Fundamental conflicts in the terms of a contract, a

A company which received negligent tax advice has nevertheless had its hopes of multi-million-pound compensation dashed after the High Court ruled that it had suffered no loss as a result of a leading accountancy firm’s

If you are sick and tired of hearing salesmen on the phone, your complaints will not fall on deaf ears, as a plastic windows company discovered to its cost after it was fined £50,000 for

Widely differing views around the globe on the acceptability of testing the safety of cosmetics on animals have triggered a test case of enormous significance to both the industry and animal rights campaigners who condemn

Maritime trading in the horn of Africa can be a tricky business, as a ship charterer found out to its cost when its attempt to deliver a cargo to Djibouti was for months frustrated. Following

In a guideline decision, the High Court has ordered enforcement of an adjudicator’s award on the basis that a kilometre-long conveyor system had a sufficient degree of permanency to render its installation a ‘construction operation’

At what point does an agent’s introduction of an eventual buyer become an ‘effective cause’ of the sale? The Court of Appeal will consider that vital issue as brokers battle for a 10 per cent

A novel attempt to deploy human rights legislation to extend the territorial reach of UK employment tribunals, so that they could deal with whistleblowing cases from around the globe, has fallen on fallow ground but

A couple who borrowed £225,000 from a businessman to fund their purchase of an Oxfordshire farmhouse have failed to wriggle out of repayment after the High Court rejected claims that their signatures on crucial documents