The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced a regime that is designed to ensure transparency and fairness in commercial relations between the public and private sectors. However, in one guideline case, the High Court ruled that
Petty insurance fraud is sadly common and a serious blight on society. However, one case involving a semi-professional footballer who exaggerated his injuries following a minor road shunt may well signal a crackdown by the
How are the number of hours worked by ‘on call’ employees to be calculated in the context of the National Minimum Wage? A tribunal tackled that thorny issue in the case of a school security
The law protects everyone’s right to freedom of expression and to protest peacefully. However, that does not amount to carte blanche and, in one case, the High Court ruled that demonstrations outside a pet shop
More and more companies do most of their business on the Internet and the need to maintain a clearly identifiable website brand and avoid the risk of customer confusion is paramount. One case involving well-known
Officialdom is not always as fair as it should be but, if you are a victim of that, the law can help you. In one case which proved the point, an estate agency which was
Insurance policies are always replete with terms and conditions and none are stricter than the requirement to disclose all relevant information to insurers so that they fully understand the risk they are taking. That point
In a case of interest to anyone involved in agriculture, a farming company which traded in the market for units of EU subsidy as a means of raising capital to pay off its debts and
A supermarket worker who was sacked after behaving aggressively towards his line manager has won a fresh opportunity to prove that he was suffering an epileptic fit at the time and that his dismissal amounted
Many in the commercial world may be surprised to hear of an important High Court ruling which established that there is no rule of English public policy which precludes enforcement of contracts which have been
