Debt Recovery
When a business disputes occurs it can be devastating. The most common type of dispute that occurs in Leicester is non-payment of invoices. Perhaps owing to the recent economic climate there have been a number
Father Tests Limits of Family Court’s Coercive Powers
In an extraordinary case that starkly reveals the limits on the coercive powers of the family courts, a judge has declined to impose a further prison sentence on a father who had already served nearly
Transparency in Family Proceedings
A mother’s desperate fight to renew contact with her disabled daughter many years after her adoption has yielded important guidance from the nation’s top family judge on the balance to be struck between the principle
Introduction to taking a Franchise
There are many potential benefits of buying a franchise, such as having access to well-established business and accounting systems, centralised marketing and a proven business model. Being part of a well-known national brand also has
Court Tackles Fractured Law Firm Partnership
A solicitor who was ‘squeezed out’ of his partnership with another lawyer by the latter’s repeated breaches of contract following a bitter falling-out between them is in line for substantial compensation following a Court of
Employment Tribunal’s ‘Intemperate’ Language Criticised
A psychiatrist who was in line for a substantial compensation payout after her NHS bosses were dealt harsh criticism by an Employment Tribunal (ET) will have to fight her case all over again due to
Hollywood Studio Infringed ‘Glee Club’ Trade Mark
In a case which reveals that relative corporate minnows can succeed in upholding their intellectual property rights against much larger companies, the High Court has ruled that the giant Hollywood studio behind the hit television
Supreme Court Defines Aggravated Trespass
Shops and other commercial premises targeted by campaign groups will be afforded greater protection in future after the Supreme Court upheld the aggravated trespass convictions of two men who invaded a cosmetics store that they
Conflict in Police Diversity Unit not Racially Motivated
In an extreme case of workplace tension between colleagues leading to prolonged litigation, the dismissed former head of a police force’s in-house diversity unit has suffered defeat in a marathon legal campaign to prove that
Supreme Court Rules on Town or Village Greens
Property developers whose plans are frequently thwarted by registration of land as a town or village green can take encouragement from a Supreme Court decision which significantly eases the path to rectification if such registrations