Sometimes, the fact that legal issues can take a long time to reach court means that the circumstances which gave rise to the proceedings have changed significantly by the time the dispute is heard. That was the case when a…
World famous singer and songwriter Adele, who fiercely objected to her two-year-old son being snapped by ‘paparazzi’ photographers, has sent a warning to the British press after the toddler won damages from a well-known photographic agency. Although thankful to the…
High end Jermyn Street shirt maker Thomas Pink Limited has triumphed in a High Court trade mark dispute with 'sexy, mass market' retailers Victoria's Secret over the use of the word 'PINK' on the latter’s goods and shop fronts. Thomas…
An experienced and respected insolvency practitioner who paid out almost £550,000 from a company in liquidation when she should not have done has been found liable to repay every penny after the High Court found that she had slipped below…
A stroke victim’s campaign to prove that she was unfairly dismissed and suffered disability discrimination almost came unstuck on procedural grounds – before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) breathed new life into her compensation hopes. The woman had gone on…
A restaurateur who was bitterly disappointed not to be offered a job by a leading IT company has ended up being hit with a High Court injunction after he got hold of confidential information and was accused of blackmail. The…
The Advocate General (AG) has handed down a preliminary ruling in a Danish case concerning a childminder who claimed that his employment with the local council was terminated on account of his obesity and this amounted to discrimination on the…
In treading the vexed borderland between ‘partnership’ and ‘employment’, the High Court has ruled that the former head of a law firm’s property department should not be exposed to a £1 million claim brought by a group of angry former…
When an organisation fails to follow its own rules, the result can be the nullification of decisions taken and, in appropriate circumstances, those who have transgressed the rules can be liable for their mistakes. Recently, the Court of Appeal was…
If you supply electronic products (telecommunications, broadcasting and e-services) to non-business customers through online sales, you should start thinking about how you will comply with the new VAT 'place of supply' rules that will come into force on 1 January…
