In an important decision for pharmacists and the pharmaceuticals industry, the High Court has helped to define the controversial border between heavily regulated prescription medicines and food supplements that contain the same active ingredients. Two
In an important victory for developers, which also represents a serious blow to those committed to preserving open spaces for public recreation, a campaigner has failed to convince the Supreme Court that a playing field
In an extreme case of workplace malaise, a spectacular falling out between two fund managers who were jointly responsible for the investment strategy of a publicly listed private equity fund was the trigger for a
In the latest in a series of cases on the correct calculation of holiday pay (Lock v British Gas Trading Limited and Others), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has followed the
The Court of Appeal has lamented the ‘very regrettable outcome’ to a case in which the failure of an Employment Tribunal (ET) to give clear or rational reasons for upholding a worker’s claim resulted in
Amidst straitened times for the legal aid budget, the High Court has questioned why public funding was extended for a murderer to pursue an ‘absurd’ argument that he was unlawfully denied the right to vote
In a test case which entailed authoritative analysis of the law of nuisance, a water company whose sewer was blocked by concrete in a freak accident has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that
In opening the way for expansion of an airport in Kent, the High Court has rejected objectors’ arguments that the development would pose an unacceptable threat of disaster due to its close proximity to the
Six construction companies which were between them fined more than £16.5 million by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for their involvement in anti-competitive ‘bid rigging’ have had their hopes of getting part of their
In a decision which broke new legal ground, the Court of Appeal has upheld the right of two companies to close their membership registers to an ‘obsessed’ shareholder who was intent on airing stale complaints
