A High Court ruling on a bitter falling out between shareholders in a pharmaceutical research company clearly revealed that there is all the difference in the world between establishing a breach of duty and proving
Following a consultation exercise, the Government is in the process of making further amendments, both legislative and non-legislative, to the existing whistleblowing framework on the basis that it does not always serve to prevent malpractice
A private finance initiative to provide state-of-the-art new facilities for two hospitals – which was supposed to herald 35 years of amicable relations between developers and an NHS Trust – ended in bitter litigation even
Following a unique High Court dispute, the Association for Project Management (APM) has finally achieved its ambition to receive a Royal Charter, despite the fierce objections of its larger American rival, the Project Management Institute
A businessman who parted with £620,000 after entering into an illegal insider trading contract during a kitchen table poker game has been awarded his money back by the Court of Appeal in a case which
A senior Ministry of Justice lawyer who vehemently denies accusations that he bullied and harassed more junior colleagues has failed to convince the High Court that disciplinary proceedings against him should be blocked. The lawyer,
A couple whose home was so blighted by passing traffic that they had to keep their doors and windows shut have failed to block plans for a waste transfer station next door – on the
The recession may be over but that has not quelled the tide of litigation that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers as the bank’s liquidators continue their task of recovering as much as possible from
Arsenal Football Club’s controversial plans to expand the number of music concerts and major events held at the Emirates Stadium have been stymied by a High Court ruling which emphasised the right of local residents
A retailer which put its hands up and admitted passing off and breaching another company’s trade mark, by selling clothes bearing the latter’s logo, has escaped having to identify the supplier of the offending goods.
