In an important decision for tax professionals, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a company established for the sole purpose of acquiring control of airports operator, BAA Limited, was not engaged in ‘economic activity’
The Court of Appeal has rejected arguments that a full environmental impact assessment (EIA) was required prior to consideration of whether planning permission should be granted for a housing development that objectors say will intrude
A businessman who lost £1.2 million in a disastrous spread-bet on movements in a bank’s share price has no viable defence to a debt claim. However, the High Court ruled that he can pursue a
A roofing contractor has been ordered to pay more than £21 million damages after the flick of an electrical switch caused a catastrophic fire that devastated a copper tubing factory. The High Court ruled that
Following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in four UK cases in which Christian employees claimed to have suffered discrimination at work on account of their religious beliefs (Eweida and Others
The Government has announced that the protections available to whistleblowers are to be strengthened further. The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill will amend the law so that individuals who make a protected disclosure against their
Interflora Inc. has been granted permission to call evidence from 13 members of the public in support of its case that Marks & Spencer Plc. has infringed its trade mark by ensuring that the retailer’s name
The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has determined where liabilities should fall consequent upon a very substantial over-run in the cost of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) project to design and construct a nuclear submarines
Tewkesbury Borough Council has failed in a High Court challenge to plans that will see 1,000 new homes added to a Gloucestershire village. The court ruled that there was nothing wrong with the government’s decision
The High Court has upheld the government’s controversial policy to pin housing benefit increases to the level of general inflation. In dismissing a judicial review challenge brought by a poverty relief charity, the court rejected
