In a case which provides some guidance on the tangled interplay between TUPE transfers and unfair dismissal, a commercial property manager has convinced the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that she had sufficient continuity of
This summer’s hot weather raised the issue of the law regarding temperatures in the workplace. What is a suitable environment will depend on the nature of the activity. For example, the Chartered Institution of
In a telling reminder that planning permissions are not always secure and that their validity may depend on factors outside a developer’s control, consent granted for a 20-caravan holiday park on a Green Belt
In the context of an acrimonious building dispute, the High Court has emphasised that adjudicators faced by complex legal arguments should not have their decisions subjected to minute examination by judges and that challenges
In an unusual departure from the ordinary rule that proceedings should not be brought against a company in liquidation, the High Court has permitted a former partner in a debt-laden law firm to seek
In a ruling which gives useful guidance on the meaning of ‘trade’ in the tax context, a tribunal has ruled that a laundry occupied by an NHS trust is a ‘commercial building’ within an
Although legal advice may sometimes appear overly pessimistic to clients, that does not mean it is wrong or negligent, as the High Court has emphasised in dismissing a company’s £1.45 million professional negligence claim
In a ground-breaking decision, and a stern warning that the greatest care is needed when making money transfers, a company that claimed to have fallen victim to a £217,000 fraud has had its hopes
In a case which vividly highlights the need to carefully consider the tax implications of any major transaction before proceeding, a major hotel group has failed in a long-running battle to recover more than
In a resounding warning to those engaged in drafting contracts that it is essential to correctly identify the parties to an agreement, a company found itself embroiled in costly litigation after entering into a
