In a striking example of an arbitration award merely firing the starting gun on years of intractable litigation, the High Court has lamented that, almost a decade after a contractor was awarded more than $99
A leading firm of solicitors has been ordered to pay more than £1.6 million in damages for professional negligence after a busy lawyer misunderstood or misremembered his client’s instructions when drafting a partnership agreement. The
Following extensive litigation, with more than $1 million at stake, the High Court has found that an apparently complex dispute relating to an abortive oil trading contract is in the end likely to come down
The Government has accepted the recommendations put forward in the Low Pay Commission’s annual report 2014 for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for 2014/2015. The following changes will come into effect on 1 October
In a ruling which placed an important limitation on the scope of EU rules designed to protect part-time workers from less favourable treatment, a retired part-time judge has failed to convince the Employment Appeal Tribunal
A minor road accident which caused less than £3,000 worth of damage gave rise to a Court of Appeal test case on the burning issue of credit vehicle hire agreements, and a decision of critical
The Mormon Church has failed in its long-running campaign to show that the refusal of a full business rates exemption for its temple in Preston, Lancashire, amounted to unlawful discrimination and a violation of its
A company that was deprived of the opportunity to make substantial profits through the distribution of a novel medical device when its contract to do so was unlawfully terminated has been awarded damages of more
An ex-teacher who lost her job after more than five years of increasing tension in her workplace has failed in an attempt to breathe new life into her unfair dismissal claim on the basis of
In upholding planning consents granted for two residential developments, the High Court has issued a stern warning to local authorities that important local planning decisions will be taken out of their hands if they fail
