The identical combination of three letters in the names of an international network of accountancy and professional services firms and a Philippines bank has sparked a proliferation of litigation in over 40 jurisdictions around the world. Noting the scale and cost of such litigation, the
In an important ruling for professional regulatory bodies, a mental health nurse has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that his suspension for 18 months pending investigation of disputed misconduct allegations amounted to a violation of his human rights. The court rejected arguments that
A farmer has failed to convince the High Court that that he should be allowed to live in a barn on his land for the purpose of tending his livestock. Despite the man’s plea that an adverse decision would result in homelessness for himself and
The manufacturers of a ground-breaking electric car, the performance of which was criticised in an episode of the popular motoring television show, ‘Top Gear’, have failed to convince the Court of Appeal that they were the victims of libel or malicious falsehood. The court upheld
A campaigner has failed in a High Court challenge to plans for the redevelopment of Twickenham Station and construction of 115 residential units, rising to a height of up to seven storeys. Arguments that the development breached local planning policies and that the local authority
In taking the very unusual step of granting a protective costs order to a concerned resident who is challenging the grant of planning permission for a wind farm, the High Court has acknowledged that such developments are ‘very much a hot potato’ in planning terms.
A bank that erroneously discharged its mortgage security over a residential property owned by a fraudster has had its mistake put right by a judge. The High Court’s decision means that the bank will take top priority in a list of the fraudster’s creditors who
Seven Supreme Court justices are to consider a landmark ‘big money’ divorce case that has caused huge controversy and exposed a fundamental rift between family and commercial lawyers in respect of the correct treatment of corporate assets when it comes to assessing the true wealth
A college teaching accountancy and management skills which was stripped of its licence to sponsor overseas students entering the United Kingdom after investigations revealed a number of ‘deficiencies’ in its record-keeping and other practices has failed to convince the High Court that it was unfairly
A restrictive covenant entitling long leaseholders of a block of flats to veto building work on an adjoining plot of land has been ruled enforceable. However, the High Court has implied a term into the covenant that tenants’ consent to the construction of a new
