It is legitimate to bring some pressure to bear on trade debtors to encourage them to pay up - but one case vividly revealed why such matters really are best left to the professionals. The Court of Appeal imposed jail…
It may seem gloomy, but one of the reasons why you need a professional contract drafter is that things do not always go quite according to plan. In one case, a deal which was intended to deliver a new £30…
Intellectual property (IP) rights are fiercely protected by the courts, and the consequences of breaching them can be severe indeed. In one case, a company which profited from infringing a patent in respect of a novel type of calliper used…
Breakdowns in commercial relationships are an unfortunate fact of business life and a good lawyer can help to broker a sensible compromise. However, in one case where that did not happen, former trading partners spent 13 costly days in the…
A senior airline engineer who was disciplined and demoted after making mistakes whilst servicing a passenger jet has been awarded almost £25,000 in compensation after an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruled that he was constructively unfairly dismissed (British Airways plc v…
When a Saudi woman came to the UK on holiday with her son and claimed asylum here, alleging that she had been subjected to serious physical and sexual violence and threats of violence and death by her own family, there…
Nuisance neighbours are one of the most unpleasant issues that a property owner can face. Where the conduct is sufficiently bad, however, the law does provide a remedy, as was illustrated by a recent case involving a couple whose dream…
When a woman ignored legal advice and lent more than £600,000 to her uncle without taking proper steps to protect herself, the outcome was always likely to be regrettable. While the transaction seemed straightforward – the advancing of a mortgage…
In the area of intellectual property (IP) law, the small firm has every chance of defeating the megacorporation, especially as regards ownership of domain names. In one case, which underlined the potential costs of failing to register Internet domain names…
Only employees have the right not to be unfairly dismissed. The right does not extend, for example, to people who are self-employed, independent contractors, members of the armed forces or workers employed under an illegal contract – e.g. a bar…
