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
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
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
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
A mobile phone company that objected to a change in the method employed by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) to control mobile termination rates (MTRs) – resulting in its revenue from that source being more
In upholding a ruling which will require police forces across the country to pick up the enormous costs of match day policing around football grounds, the Court of Appeal has emphasised that it is for
An on-line engineering and design company has failed to convince the High Court that it should not be held liable for the full industrial training levy of 1.5% of the emoluments it pays to its
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
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
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
