Edwardian Indenture Put Home in Jeopardy
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
Part-Time Tribunal Members Can’t Have Pensions
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
Money Laundering Compliance Failure Means Prison
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
Trout Farmer ‘Deliberately Concealed’ Planning Breach
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
Pop Star Triumphs in T-Shirt Passing Off Claim
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
Companies House Blunder Destroyed Family Business
In an unprecedented case, a simple spelling error by Companies House – in which a single letter ‘s’ was mistakenly left out of an official document – caused the collapse of a 124-year-old family engineering
Armed Forces Personnel ‘Not Employees’ Court Rules
In the context of compensation claims brought by members of the armed forces who are injured at work, the High Court has emphasised that services personnel are not employed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD),
Armed Forces Personnel ‘Not Employees’, Court Rules
In the context of compensation claims brought by members of the armed forces who are injured at work, the High Court has emphasised that services personnel are not employed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD),
$55 Million Oil Tanker Hijacked and Bombed by Pirates
The owners of a $55 million oil tanker, who claim that she was attacked in the Gulf of Aden by a band of pirates who set off a bomb in her engine room, leaving her
Warring Neighbours Waste £500,000 on ‘Toxic’ Boundary Dispute
Three Court of Appeal judges have expressed dismay after two wealthy couples blew £500,000 on a ‘toxic’ dispute over little more than a few feet of muddy ditch. Neither couple achieved an outright victory in