The Commercial Court bared its teeth as a director – whose company stood accused of ‘cynical asset stripping’ in an attempt to evade its debts – was threatened with imminent imprisonment for his failure to
A former housing association officer who succeeded in an unfair dismissal claim – but was awarded not a penny for the impact which his unlawful treatment had on his future earnings – has been handed
Commercial tenants engaged in a struggle with their landlords – which encompassed the presence of a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog on the land as well as planning and other issues – have failed to convince the
Even the most trusted employees can turn out to be rogues. A distributor of designer clothes discovered the truth of that maxim to its cost after a warehouse manager stole stock valued at more than
An international bank which claims to be owed more than $25 million by a Belgian diamond dealership, and is engaged in a worldwide hunt for assets to satisfy the debt, has won a High Court
The publishers of the iconic and ever popular ‘Ideal Home’ magazine clashed with the entirely unconnected operators of the equally well known ‘Ideal Home Show’ in a bitter trade mark dispute after both of them
A determined farmer who for years haemorrhaged money in his fight to make a go of his family holding has scored an important victory after a tribunal permitted him to write off his heavy losses
The vexed issue of comparative advertising came under scrutiny as supermarkets giant Sainsbury’s failed to convince the High Court that Tesco’s ‘Price Promise’ campaign did not compare like with like and resulted in consumers being
Surveyors who were accused of negligently over-valuing the site of a crumbling Victorian mental asylum have fought off a multi-million-pound damages claim after the High Court ruled that they were not responsible for any loss
The former chief executive of a spread betting company who helped himself to more than £300,000 of its funds before it went into special administration has been ordered to repay every penny, with interest, by
