Business Law Updates

The latest custodians of one of Britain’s best loved stately homes have triumphed in their fight to avoid capital gains tax on the £9.4m sale of a painting which many view as Sir Joshua Reynolds’

In resolving a dispute in respect of a shipping contract, the Court of Appeal has ruled that, where a greater quantity of fuel oil was loaded onto a vessel than the minimum amount specified in

In rejecting a company’s plea that it was not bound by the terms of an agreement with energy consultants, the Court of Appeal acknowledged that a better deal might well have been achievable but emphasised

In circumstances where an unwary taxpayer incurred a $560,000 income tax liability through the partial surrender of life insurance policies, the First-Tier Tribunal has lamented the ‘outrageously unfair’ result arising from a combination of prescriptive

A businessman has been held personally liable for debts of more than $12 million even though he was not a party to the loan agreements which created the debt. The High Court ruled that a

In an important ruling for employers and the insurance industry, a sole director and shareholder who sued his own company after his finger was sliced off in a workplace accident has had his compensation hopes

The controversial HS2 high-speed rail scheme has suffered a setback after the High Court ruled that the consultation process in respect of compensation to be paid to property owners affected by the multi-billion-pound project ‘was

In the context of a $10 million dispute in respect of a metal trading contract, a judge was entitled to substitute his own views for those of arbitrators who had reached an  ‘obviously wrong’ conclusion,

A potential clash between one of Britain’s biggest regeneration projects and the re-opening of fuel terminals alongside the Manchester Ship Canal came under the High Court spotlight as landowners argued that they were being kept

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