The former company secretary of a global mining concern, who received a £487,925 bonus after the company merged with a former rival, is entitled to £418,774 more after he was made redundant less than a
The music industry would appear to be winning its long-running war against piracy after coming down hard on the operators of 21 websites who actively encouraged music lovers to download copies of hit songs in
In a telling reminder to amateur investors that they should seek legal advice straight away if they feel let down by their financial advisers, a woman who lost a chunk of her life savings in
In a case which has the potential to change the face of Internet advertising, the Court of Appeal has opened yet another chapter in the marathon struggle between Interflora and Marks and Spencer over the latter’s
In a case which put the spotlight on the often tense relationship between corporate boardrooms and the press, a company is taking legal action against one of its former non-executive directors, claiming that he was
Those who fund commercial litigation in the hope of profit should take note of a case in which financial supporters of a wholly unsuccessful claim to a stake in highly lucrative oil fields ended up
In a guideline case which underlined the need for total honesty when communicating with insurers, the owners of a vessel which suffered more than Euros 3 million of damage in a near-sinking will go without
In enforcing the full rigour of green belt protection policies following an important test case, the Court of Appeal has scotched controversial plans for the expansion of a Surrey aerodrome and the replacement of grass
Further to the ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that remuneration received by employees for ‘non-guaranteed’ overtime which they routinely worked as part of a ‘settled pattern’ of their employment should be included when
In a case which raised vital issues in respect of the personal legal responsibility of corporate officers, a tycoon who lost millions after buying an executive jet which he said did not come up to
