Business Law Updates

North and Others v Dumfries and Galloway Council. (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 45North and Others v Dumfries and Galloway Council. (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 45 In a ruling of enormous significance to employers and employees

In a major boost for charities, the Court of Appeal has cured an anomaly in the law which prevented them from claiming relief from stamp duty in circumstances where they do not acquire the

In a ruling of significance to those engaged in major construction projects involving the use of materials quarried on site, a water company has convinced the First-Tier Tribunal that it should not be charged

In an important ruling for residential and commercial property owners – particularly those who enjoy the benefit of off-street car parking – the Supreme Court has defined the circumstances in which local authorities will

In construing exclusion clauses under a public and product liability insurance policy, the High Court has reassured a construction company (the company) that it will be covered for its potentially heavy losses after a

The company that operates the Nectar loyalty card scheme (the scheme) has triumphed in a marathon struggle with the tax authorities in respect of the VAT treatment of ‘service charges’ that it pays to

In emphasising that judicial review is a remedy of last resort, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a judge was ‘plainly wrong’ to entertain a challenge to findings made against a bank’s finance director

In a guideline case, two Middle Eastern princes who are facing claims in an unfair prejudice petition under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 have failed to convince the Court of Appeal that they

In a ruling of enormous significance to family and commercial practitioners, the Supreme Court has ruled in the context of a ‘big money’ divorce case that it is in certain very limited circumstances legitimate for

The Open University (OU) is due a £21 million tax rebate, plus interest, after the First-Tier Tribunal accepted that payments it made to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over a 16-year period should have been