In the context of unfair prejudice petitions in which allegations of wrongdoing were made against, inter alia, two members of the ruling family of a foreign state, the Companies Court has emphatically upheld the principle of
In the context of a contractual dispute over the $37.5 million sale of two large gas plants, the Commercial Court has ruled that the seller is entitled to retain $7.5 million in instalments remitted by
An Australian wine exporter that terminated its relationship with its English agent and distributor following the latter entering administration is beneficially entitled to sums paid by customers for wine supplies since the date of termination,
The Law Commission has published its consultation document designed to bring the law on rights to light up to date. The major proposed changes are: An abolition of the provisions of the Prescription Act 1832
The Court of Appeal has rejected arguments that a European Union (EU) national was disproportionately penalised by the refusal of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) on the basis that he had not been ‘legally working’ for an
Unfortunate private investors in a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund which was marketed as low risk – but the main assets of which were revealed as ‘mere shams’ in the wake of its collapse – may
An £8 million fine imposed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on a trading company that engaged in deliberate manipulation of the stock market for its own profit and to the detriment of other investors
A boat dweller has triumphed in an epic fight to moor his vessels on a stretch of the Grand Union Canal after the Court of Appeal emphasised that ‘it’s a free country’ and that everyone
In a ruling with important implications for the future policing of the internet, the Court of Appeal has decided that there are circumstances in which Google Inc. could be successfully sued for defamation in respect
A recent Freedom of Information Request to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed that in 2011, HMRC obtained by covert means no fewer than 14,000 records of communications by taxpayers’ in connection with tax
