In a case which illustrated the level of brinksmanship often involved in competing for public contracts, a company which lost out by a hair’s breadth on a local authority property repair and maintenance contract worth
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has published the findings of its fifteenth employee absence management survey, carried out in partnership with Simplyhealth. This provides useful benchmarking data for organisations on absence levels
An entrepreneur who resigned as a director of a company he founded, in order to help it out of cash flow difficulties, nevertheless continued to be an employee and was entitled to tax relief on
A company which lost out on a major contract to provide air traffic control services at London’s Gatwick Airport has been granted a temporary injunction to prevent the contract being awarded straight away to the
In a landmark decision which promised to transform online gambling in the UK, the High Court has upheld Parliament’s right to exert greater regulatory control over the burgeoning gaming industry based in the overseas territory
Following the introduction of Employment Tribunal (ET) fees in July 2013, the UK’s largest public service trade union, Unison, supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, brought judicial review proceedings challenging the lawfulness of
In a decision which will come as some comfort to many hard-pressed businesses, a tax tribunal has ruled that a small company’s unexpected cash flow problems provided a ‘reasonable excuse’ for its late payment of
A top poker player, who sued a Mayfair casino which refused to pay him £7.7 million in ‘winnings’ he achieved by using a technique known as ‘edge sorting’, has had his case dismissed after a
In a decision which clarified the position of third parties to commercial contracts, the High Court has blocked proposals to adjudicate a £4 million dispute concerning alleged flaws in the chilled water cooling system serving
Football fans puzzling over where to put their cross in ‘spot the ball’ competitions may be surprised by a tribunal’s ruling that they are neither playing a game, nor taking a chance, and that the
