In May 2013, in a decision involving the protective awards payable to employees made redundant by Woolworths and Ethel Austin, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the words ‘at one establishment’ in Section 188
The public interest in incentivising research into new pharmaceuticals, and the rights of doctors and pharmacists to prescribe and dispense the cheapest available drugs, collided head-on in a High Court test case. Company A manufactured
In a landmark decision with important implications for all landowners, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the criminalisation of trespass in 2012 had no impact on the law of adverse possession – more commonly
In a warning to businesses that the drafting of commercial contracts by laymen is fraught with risk, a lack of precision in an agreement between a golf club and its caterers resulted in lengthy court
A recent tax case involving the McLaren racing team highlights the grey area that surrounds the tax treatment of fines for breaches of member rules in commercial groupings. McLaren was found to have breached several
A householder ended up in a nightmarish cycle of litigation and under threat of losing his home after falling behind on the ‘trivial’ ground rent – just £2.75 a year – he was obliged to
In an important test case, part-time medical members of tribunals have failed to convince the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that they should be entitled to pensions like their full-time, salaried, brethren. The part-time members, who
A reminder of the strictness of the money laundering regulations was issued recently when HM Revenue and Customs reported that the owner of a money transfer business in the West Midlands had been jailed for
In a case which raised planning issues of general importance, the owner of a trout farm – who for years concealed from his local council that he had converted the first floor of a barn
Celebrities have never had a monopoly over the commercial use of their photographic images – but allowing a retailer to sell a T-shirt emblazoned with a pop star’s iconic photo would amount to deception of
