A recent case, in which two companies were fined after a construction worker was killed when a lorry overturned onto his vehicle, illustrates the importance of managing transport activities during construction work. Richard Kenny, 48, was killed instantly when the…
The Supreme Court has ruled that a daughter cannot succeed to a tenancy after the death of her mother because the right of succession belongs to her estranged father. The woman’s parents became tenants in 1967 and the freehold of…
The Committee of Advertising Practice has published updated guidance on terms and conditions in sales promotions. The guidance has been updated to include examples of recent Advertising Standards Authority adjudications, and in particular takes into account marketing over Twitter. It…
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that there will be no service provision change for the purposes of second-generation outsourcing where the activities carried out by different contractors before and after the change are not for the same client. This…
A case in the Court of Appeal emphasises the need for principals to ensure that, if terminating a commercial agency contract on the grounds of the commercial agent's breach of contract, the agent's breach is a repudiatory breach under English…
Two recent cases concerning the use of social media by employees highlight the importance for employers of having a clear policy on the use of such public forums by their employees. The High Court has held that a Christian employee…
When a supplier sought to protect its trade mark against a company that was breaching its right to control the first sale of its products in Europe, the claim was disputed on the ground that the trade mark owner had…
A bankrupt who is entitled to obtain a pension simply by asking for it cannot seek to have it protected from his creditors, the High Court ruled recently. The bankrupt had a pension policy which he was entitled to take,…
In 2008, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust awarded Medirest a contract to supply catering services for seven years. Payment for the catering services was by way of monthly payments, which could be reduced in the event of service failures…
There is a presumption in law that where a property adjoins a highway, the landowner owns the soil up to the middle of the highway unless it can be shown that this is clearly not intended to be the case…
