A landowner who allowed travellers to use his farm to celebrate a religious festival in breach of a judge’s order has been sentenced to four months’ imprisonment for his contempt of court. Although Errol Clarke
A local authority tenant has fought off attempts to terminate her tenancy of a six-bedroom London home where her family has lived for more than 30 years. The London Borough of Brent’s plea that the
A group of waste recycling companies have failed to convince the High Court that a European Union directive requiring the separate collection of paper, metal, plastic and glass has been inaccurately transposed into United Kingdom
A do-it-yourself (DIY) builder has triumphed in his fight for a substantial VAT rebate on materials he employed in the construction of his new home. The first-tier tribunal accepted the taxpayer’s argument that payment of
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
The High Court has urged a change in the law after rejecting a property owner’s plea that an adjudicator had no power to rule on his dispute with a building company on the basis that
In a decision of enormous significance to the NHS, the High Court has ruled that a decision to concentrate child heart surgery services on seven regional centres was fundamentally flawed. The court’s decision puts the
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
