In a ruling with important implications for the future policing of the internet, the Court of Appeal has decided that there are circumstances in which Google Inc. could be successfully sued for defamation in respect
A recent Freedom of Information Request to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed that in 2011, HMRC obtained by covert means no fewer than 14,000 records of communications by taxpayers’ in connection with tax
A UK resident member of a Delaware limited company will have to pay 67% tax on his very substantial profits after failing to convince the Court of Appeal that he is a victim of double
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
