Business Law Updates

A recent case shows how important it is to make sure that your keep control of the social networking channels created by your employees It involved a company  some of whose employees created

In a case which vividly reveals that dabbling in the black economy can have crushing financial consequences, a property developer who paid sub-contractors in cash and submitted bogus invoices to the tax authorities is

A mysterious, but enormously popular, website that generates millions in profits by streaming unlicensed coverage of football matches and other sporting events into private homes and pubs has been effectively shut down after the

In giving guidance on the appropriate level of protection employers must give their staff against the risk of violent crime, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a betting shop cashier who was traumatised

The Government’s response to the public consultation on the introduction of an opposition ‘fast track’ procedure within the Trade Mark Tribunal has been published today. The fast track procedure aims to make it easier

In a ruling which vividly underlines that even public authorities are not entitled to sit on their hands when faced by court proceedings, an Italian local authority has been ordered to pay more than

In the context of a contract dispute relating to a major power up-grade on the London Underground, the High Court has ruled that an adjudicator’s decision was invalidated by a serious breach of natural

The charitable trust set up to allow commercial property owners to take advantage of the relief given against business rates for charity occupation of commercial premises has been wound up. A court ruling

In the context of a high-value contractual dispute in respect of the sale of shares in an eastern European satellite television company, the High Court has rejected the buyers’ plea that they were not

In a cautionary tale of which all product inventors should take note, a design student who came up with the idea for an innovative ride-on children’s suitcase that achieved phenomenal, worldwide, success very nearly