In a major blow to regulators, owners of licensed sex shops in London’s Soho and Covent Garden districts have convinced the Court of Appeal that Westminster City Council had no lawful authority to add to
The owners of Britain’s largest privately-owned stately home have achieved a major success in their quest for more than £100 million in compensation to repair damage done to its monumental architecture by mining subsidence. The
Asda Stores Limited has failed to persuade the Upper Tribunal that customs duty it was charged on the importation of garment hangers and other ancillary items from outside the European Union took no account of
The central issue before the High Court in a recent case was whether a number of letters written by a parent company and sent to the directors of a daughter / subsidiary company were legally
Controversial plans to build Britain’s biggest mosque in east London have been put in jeopardy by a High Court injunction requiring cessation of the site’s use for religious worship. The London Borough of Newham successfully
The issue before the High Court here was whether a creditor of a subsidiary company ought to be granted permission to bring proceedings against the parent company, under s. 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
In a decision which dispels uncertainty over the extent to which English judges can co-operate with overseas courts in the context of insolvency proceedings, the Court of Appeal has acceded to a request from the
In a ruling of significance to all internet advertisers, the Interflora flower delivery network has achieved a qualified victory in a trade mark infringement claim against Marks and Spencer Plc. (M&S) in respect of the
The Supreme Court has ruled that a Methodist Minister was not an employee of the Church and so cannot pursue her claim for unfair dismissal (President of the Methodist Conference v Preston). Hayley Preston became
In a ruling which shows that even the enforcement of tax obligations can be tempered by mercy, the First-Tier Tribunal has come to the aid of a businessman whose small recruitment company’s remittances of PAYE
