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
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published provisional statistics for the year April 2013 to March 2014 which show that an estimated 28.2 million working days were lost through injury and ill health. In
In an illustration of the legal tangle that building disputes can so easily become, the owner of a flat, who was fully entitled to sack a contractor who let him down, has nevertheless failed to
A fire at well-known nightclub The Sugar Hut – where television show ‘The Only Way is Essex’ (TOWIE) was subsequently filmed – led to a rash of High Court litigation and a million-pound-plus damages award
In a startling case which exposed bitter strife at managerial level within an NHS trust, a senior employee who was sworn at and threatened by a colleague has nevertheless failed to convince a judge that
A bitterly disappointed media planning company which failed to win a major central government contract is challenging the outcome of the tendering process – on the basis that the price quoted by the successful bidder
An Internet trading company, which was placed in provisional liquidation after being accused of involvement in tax fraud on an enormous scale, has failed to convince the High Court that it was engaged in nothing
A farmer’s widow whose land was compulsorily purchased to make way for a bypass is in line for a substantial compensation payout after a tribunal ruled that the site had valuable planning potential as a
In a warning to entrepreneurs that there can sometimes be unpleasant comebacks following the sale of a business, the ex-boss of a car insurance company is facing a £2 million-plus High Court claim following discovery
A British businessman has succeeded in overturning a £1.6 million asset freezing order after the High Court expressed ‘serious doubts’ that he could in any way be held responsible for a multi-million-pound international fraud. A
