The Government’s controversial plans for a new high speed rail link between London and the North (HS2) have been boosted after the Supreme Court rejected arguments that there had been a failure to comply with
Controversial plans for a huge underground gas storage facility in Lancashire have been boosted after the High Court identified ‘real deficiencies’ in the Government’s decision to reject the scheme and directed a full reconsideration of
Over the coming weeks and month Edward Webb a solicitor in Blaby, shall be writing a series of articles about how you can help protect your business. This will include looking at how to avoid
In a case which gives important guidance on the correct approach to sureties given in commercial leases, the freeholder of a DIY store whose tenant became insolvent, leaving rent arrears of more than £280,000, has
In a warning to small businesses managed without the benefit of financial or legal advice, a skip hire boss who claimed that over £300,000 in loans that he had advanced to his father’s company had
In a case which signals a judicial crackdown on the enforcement of environmental protection and health and safety rules, the owner of the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria has failed in an appeal against a
In a case which will stand as a stern warning to property investors, one member of a ruthless gang of conmen – who duped people into buying near-worthless plots of land with false promises of
An Islamic prison chaplain who complained that Christian colleagues were generally paid more than him due to their greater length of service has had his race and religious discrimination claims dismissed by the Employment Appeal
Confectionary giant Nestlé will have to fight its case before the European Court of Justice if it wishes to establish a perpetual monopoly, via trade mark protection, in the distinctive, four-finger, shape of its best-selling
A world-renowned belly dancer who has performed for royalty will have to stomach a costly defeat in her battle with the tax authorities after a tribunal ruled that the private tuition that she gives her
