Family partnerships can be highly effective vehicles for running businesses, but that depends on good relations being maintained. In one High Court case in which ties of blood were sadly not enough to prevent discord,
Tales of industrial espionage are not restricted to fiction and a Court of Appeal case revealed an alleged conspiracy within the recycling trade that was said to have been exposed by forensic examination of a
Contract adjudicators’ conclusions are never easily overturned and, in an important ruling, the High Court found that any opportunity that a developer may have had to do so was lost when it affirmed an adjudicator’s
Promises are just promises and do not generally have the force of contract – but if you rely on another’s word to your detriment it can be legally binding. That was precisely the issue in
As anyone who lives in England knows all too well, rain is inevitable. However, in an important decision for the construction and insurance industries, the High Court has ruled that damage caused by heavy precipitation
Commercial disputes can move very fast but the High Court has power to hold the ring and ensure that no irreversible losses are suffered pending a resolution. Exactly that happened in one case concerning a
The long-running ‘chocolate wars’ between Cadbury and Nestlé over the shape of the Kit Kat has led to a judgment today from the Court of Appeal. The case resulted from an attempt by Nestlé to
There is no point taking out insurance policies that do not meet your needs and it is well worth taking professional advice to ensure that they are tailored to you. The issue was highlighted by
Fallings out between shareholders can be particularly divisive where no one person has a controlling interest in the company concerned. However, as one Court of Appeal decision showed, the outcome will usually depend on an
Losses suffered in trade can generally be set off against Income Tax liabilities, but the trade concerned has to be genuinely commercial and carried on with a view to profit. A tribunal made that point
