A High Court case provides another reminder of the high hurdle that employees must overcome to demonstrate a repudiatory breach of contract. The court upheld a 12 month non-solicitation restrictive covenant in a senior insurance broker's contract, and awarded damages…
Landlords who seek a payment of rent in advance as a means of reducing the chance of a tenant defaulting on its liabilities under a tenancy agreement will be reassured by a Court of Appeal decision. The court held that…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a district nurse, who was summarily dismissed on capability grounds and then reinstated following a successful appeal, with full back-pay, was constructively dismissed when she resigned over the terms of her return…
Following the launch of a new update service by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), businesses can now carry out free online checks to find out whether there have been any changes to an employee's criminal record certificate. The DBS…
A businesswoman whose business fell victim to the recession has persuaded the family court that it would be appropriate for the settlement she had agreed to pay her ex-husband to be varied. The total settlement was £450,000, made up of:…
When a landlord wishes to carry out works and the cost of completing them will be charged to the tenants via the service charge they pay, the law requires the landlord to carry out a consultation exercise if the cost…
A trust exists where a person who has legal ownership of something (‘the object of the trust’) is obliged to act with respect to the object of the trust for the benefit of some other person or persons (‘the beneficiaries’)…
A 15-year-long boundary dispute between neighbours on an island in the middle of the River Thames, concerning a strip of land measuring just 10 feet in width, has been resolved by a judge who treated the position of an old…
The Government has published the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013, which makes changes to the rules relating to collective redundancy consultation. Where an employer is proposing to dismiss as redundant 100 or more employees…
A postman who slipped on a manhole cover shortly after being issued with new boots by his employer has won more than £2,000 in compensation for his injuries. Clive Davey, 47, had refused to wear the boots when they were…
