A company that sued a trade rival for slander and malicious falsehood, claiming that an over-enthusiastic salesman had disparaged its business model to a potential customer, has had its case struck out on the basis that pursuing the matter to trial would ‘not be worth
Arbitrators had no jurisdiction to resolve a contractual dispute between shipping companies because there had never been any binding charterparty between them, the High Court has ruled. A close analysis of email traffic between representatives of the two companies revealed that the agreement had remained
Motorists who receive parking penalties will at least have the comfort of knowing that they will not have to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) on their bills after a Court of Appeal ruling that they should be viewed as ‘damages for trespass’ rather than payments
A spread-betting company has triumphed in a High Court damages claim against a former senior employee who engaged in a series of fraudulent transactions over a three-year period. The company puts its losses resulting from the frauds perpetrated by the senior shares dealer at more
The High Court has rejected claims by a neighbourhood forum established under the Localism Act 2011 that a local authority rode roughshod over Parliament’s intention that local communities should be encouraged to engage fully in planning decisions that affect them. The Daws Hill Neighbourhood Forum
Householders whose homes were hit by storm and flood damage were reluctantly at the epicentre of a High Court case with crucial implications for the insurance industry but have defeated claims that they should be held personally liable to pay builders who carried out repairs.
Employers are reminded that the amount of unpaid parental leave that can be taken by parents in relation to each child under five years of age (or, in the case of an adopted child, in the five years after the placement) increased from 13 weeks
An army chef who won more than £15,000 compensation from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after he was racially abused by a sergeant and a civilian contractor has had his pay-out more than halved. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the MoD could not
With the backing of English Heritage and the National Trust, a local authority has won a High Court challenge to plans for a wind farm that conservationists fear could result in substantial harm to a heritage area of national significance. The High Court overturned a
An attempt to limit the right of a council to sell allotments and move the allotment holders to new allotments some distance away failed in the court recently. The council concerned wished to sell the land for housing and to move allotment holders to other
