Some misbehaviour at office social events is usually tolerated, but workplace rules continue to apply and those who go over the top can be lawfully dismissed. Exactly that happened in one case where a bank worker punched a colleague in…
Managing the affairs of elderly relatives who cannot make their own decisions needs skill and some understanding of the law. In one case, a daughter who lacked both those characteristics was placed under professional supervision by the Court of Protection…
The image of country dwellers up in arms at the prospect of housing developments is a powerful one. However, in one case, landowners intent on building 79 new homes on the edge of a West Sussex village have overcome objectors’…
Litigation is often expensive and time-consuming, but judges are growing ever more intolerant of avoidable delays and inefficiency by litigants. Their increasingly tough stance was strikingly illustrated by a case in which liquidators acting on behalf of HM Revenue and…
The law of intellectual property is seldom simple or without surprises. In 2014, the High Court decided that the 'corrugated' shape of the Kit Kat chocolate bar, whilst unremarkable in itself, had acquired a 'distinctive character' by way of use…
A recent case has illustrated that a lack of formal agreements regarding the ownership of assets is a proven recipe for dispute when a relationship breaks up. It involved a couple who ran a frozen food business and lived together…
Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) are a relatively new form of business, having only been introduced following the passing of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000. An LLP is, as the name implies, a sort of cross between a limited company…
'Buyer beware' is a legal concept with which purchasers of goods and property have had to contend for centuries. It applies to most transactions where specific protection for purchasers is not provided under the law. It was rigorously applied in…
As the 8th October is National Poetry Day this months’ blog is an equine celebration through poems and quotations about horses and equestrian life. Some of the poems and quotes are well known others not so and a few will…
A civilian police worker whose claims of psychiatric disability were disbelieved by her bosses, and who was sacked on the basis of vague allegations, has won the right to substantial compensation for the mistreatment she endured. The woman had worked…
