A local authority’s controversial proposals to outsource swathes of its public duties to the private sector have been given the green light by the High Court. Ruling that, save in one respect, a local resident’s
A company has triumphed in its appeal against a £900 penalty imposed in respect of late filing of its annual return after the First-Tier Tribunal accepted that its principal director’s illness during the whole of
In a case which underlines the need for precision in the drafting of construction contracts, a plethora of apparently conflicting documents in respect of a major hydro-electricity project necessitated the intervention of the High Court
In the context of a ‘somewhat chequered’ public tendering exercise, the High Court has ordered disclosure of evidence to an unsuccessful bidder who claims that the process was undermined by fundamental errors and unfairness. The
In a decision with wide implications for expatriate workers, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a salesman who is seeking compensation following the termination of his agency agreement must have his case heard under
A property investor has won £1.4 million damages after he was inveigled by dishonest means into participation in a land deal which went bad. Two companies and three of their directors were found to have
In a decision of importance to company lawyers, the Court of Appeal has ruled that there is no objection in principle to a company paying investors to vote in favour of a resolution whilst withholding
A corporate borrower will not have to pay a 6% fee on the early repayment of a $291 million loan after the Court of Appeal accepted that, on a correct interpretation of the loan agreement,
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have decided that sleeping partners and inactive limited partners are – and have in the past been – liable to pay Class 2 NICs as self-employed earners and Class 4
A building company which was convicted of an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 following the death of a labourer who fell through a construction site roof within 10 minutes of
