When grandparents were wrongly accused during care proceedings of colluding in the sexual abuse of their grandchildren, they denied the claims and were subsequently exonerated by the judge after an investigation that lasted more than five weeks. As the grandparents…
A property owner whose Victorian townhouse was severely affected by subsidence has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that the local authority and a housing association (the respondents) should be held liable to compensate her for the damage. The…
Businesses will welcome an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) finding that, in some straightforward redundancy situations, where a decision is made to eliminate a single role, it may be reasonable for an employer not to consider establishing a selection pool. In…
A council has been fined £250,000 following the dumping of former employees' pension records in an over-filled paper recycling bin in a public car park. The council had outsourced the digitisation of the records to a third-party processor without agreeing…
A recent High Court decision is a reminder that businesses should consistently follow their chosen methods of incorporating standard terms, such as printing terms on the back of documents and retaining copies of signed agreements. The case concerned a claim…
The High Court has imposed custodial sentences on two defendants who had been found to be in contempt of court after breaching a freezing injunction over a company's assets. The shareholder and company director were sentenced to nine and six…
The ban on age discrimination in the provision of goods, services and facilities (introduced by the Equality Act 2010) will come into force on 1 October 2012. Businesses must ensure that the way they provide their services to members of…
Helpful guidance on the calculation of periodical payments (popularly known as maintenance payments) in a divorce settlement has been provided by a High Court judge in a recent case. In deciding a contested claim for maintenance, Mr Justice Mostyn expressed…
When a sporting goods distributor terminated its distribution/licensing agreement with a manufacturer, the distributor claimed that the termination was because the contract had been repudiated by the manufacturer. The distributor sought damages for the loss of profit for the remaining…
Money laundering legislation requires banks to freeze transactions pending clearance if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the funds concerned in the transaction may be the proceeds of crime or connected with criminal activity. The procedure involves the filing…
