In a ruling which re-asserts the maxim that no one should be compensated for the consequences of their own criminal act, a thief who sued his accomplice after he was catastrophically injured in a fall from the back of their getaway vehicle has had his
Mesothelioma sufferers who cannot trace their former employers or employers’ insurers will be able to claim compensation once a new Bill has been enacted. The Mesothelioma Bill will create a compensation fund to be financed by employers’ liability insurers and will come to the aid
An NHS worker who was ultimately made redundant following a serious deterioration in her sight is due substantial compensation after the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that her employers failed to make reasonable adjustments to cater for her disability and that discrimination contributed to her
In an important ruling for landowners and countryside campaigners, motorcyclists and off-road vehicle enthusiasts have scored a major success in their fight to open up five Dorset ‘green lanes’ to motorised traffic. The Court of Appeal ruled that Dorset County Council had not been justified
HM Revenue and Customs have announced that they now have details of more than 100 UK resident beneficiaries of trusts and company arrangements in offshore tax havens and the more than 200 tax advisors responsible for setting them up. The data received concerns tax avoidance
The operators of a children’s nursery which was issued with a ‘notice to improve’ by education regulator Ofsted after pre-school age children were left inadequately supervised for five minutes has failed in a challenge to the decision. The High Court ruled that the notice was
In a ruling which underlines the limited role of non-statutory consultees in the planning process, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a local authority’s planning committee was entitled to ignore the views of an informal consultative body prior to granting consent for a substantial
A threat to land values along the course of the Manchester Ship Canal has been lifted by a Court of Appeal ruling that sluices that have regulated the waterway’s flow for more than a century were wrongly classified as formal flood defences by the Environment
In Ashcourt Rowan Financial Planning Limited v Hall, the High Court ruled that a restrictive covenant contained in the employment contract of a senior financial adviser was unenforceable. Ashcourt Rowan Financial Planning Limited provides financial advice to corporate and high net worth clients. The company
An insurance broker who moved from one employer to another, taking his extensive network of clients with him in breach of a restrictive covenant in his employment contract, has been ordered to pay damages. The High Court ruled that the non-solicitation clause was both reasonable
