An opera singer who claims that her father reached a ‘usurious’ agreement on her behalf, when she was a minor, to pay a businessman a substantial part of her future earnings in return for a financial contribution to her musical training has fought off an
In the context of an insurance dispute, the Commercial Court has upheld a ruling by arbitrators that the 9/11 hijackings that led to the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York were two events, not one. The ruling will
It has been announced that the Government is to extend the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) regime on properties held by non-resident companies to UK resident companies as well. The practical effect of the change will be to increase the charge to Corporation Tax (CT) on
Leading retailer, Majestic Wine Warehouses Limited, has been granted a High Court injunction against a former employee who emailed its chief executive threatening to harm the company by poaching its business customers. The court entered summary judgment against the man after he failed to engage
In the context of a multi-million-pound contract dispute, the Court of Appeal has adopted a narrow interpretation of an exclusion clause and rejected arguments that it freed one of the parties from any potential liability, whether in tort or contract, in respect of loss of
A utilities company which settled a former employee’s mesothelioma claim for £250,000 is entitled to a full indemnity from insurers notwithstanding that the relevant policy only covered six of the 27 years during which the employee was exposed to asbestos, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Arguments put forward by residents of a Cornish holiday village that they are entitled to withhold service charges until their landlord has complied in full with repair and maintenance covenants under their leases have been rejected. The Court of Appeal ruled that the tenants were
English proceedings in respect of an alleged $6 million debt have been stayed pending the outcome of closely connected proceedings in France. Although the contract under which the claim was made conferred exclusive jurisdiction on the High Court of England and Wales, the court ruled
A professional firm must pay more than £300,000 in compensation after mistakenly releasing a bank’s funds in respect of a £3.3 million mortgage advance prior to completion and without authority. The firm admitted that it had been negligent and the Court of Appeal has now
Employers are entitled to offer older workers bigger redundancy packages than their younger colleagues even if the duration of their service is identical. Rejecting a direct age discrimination claim brought by a civil servant, the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that the different treatment of older
