Iconic Ice Cream Van Design Rights Infringed
A family company which for over 50 years has led the field in the manufacture of ice cream vans has won the right to substantial compensation after convincing the High Court that a rival business
Delicatessen Pays Heavy Price for Flouting Planning Order
A company which flouted a council enforcement notice, requiring it to demolish an ‘ugly and imposing’ extension to a delicatessen after it was built without planning permission, has paid a heavy price for its ‘obdurate
Company Counts $4 Million Cost of Disastrous Currency Swaps
A company which engaged in disastrous currency swaps with an investment bank is facing up to a bill for more than $4 million after the High Court ruled that it could not escape liability by
Judge Scotches Rural Housing Development Plans
In a clear indication that housing developers are not having it all their own way, preservation of open countryside prevailed as the High Court scotched plans for a residential development in rural Nottinghamshire – despite
Medical Professionals and Conscientious Objection
Two devoutly Roman Catholic midwives who refused to take even supervisory roles in the termination of pregnancies have failed to convince the Supreme Court that their NHS employer trampled on their right to conscientiously object.
Cosmetics Industry Fights Animal-Tested Ingredients Ban
Widely differing views around the globe on the acceptability of testing the safety of cosmetics on animals have triggered a test case of enormous significance to both the industry and animal rights campaigners who condemn
Charterers Must Pay $186,000 Cost of Suez Canal Transit
Maritime trading in the horn of Africa can be a tricky business, as a ship charterer found out to its cost when its attempt to deliver a cargo to Djibouti was for months frustrated. Following
Benefit Cheats Receive Judgment of Solomon
A former couple, who for over a decade successfully defrauded the benefits system by pretending that they were separated – and ended up battling it out in court over ownership of their family home after
Residents to Have Their Say in Neighbourhood Referendum
In an important test of local democracy in the planning context, the High Court has struggled through Byzantine legislation and opened the way for a neighbourhood referendum in which residents of a county town will
Huge Conveyor System ‘Forms Part of the Land’
In a guideline decision, the High Court has ordered enforcement of an adjudicator’s award on the basis that a kilometre-long conveyor system had a sufficient degree of permanency to render its installation a ‘construction operation’