Many companies are struggling to survive amidst the COVID-19 pandemic but, so far as judges are concerned, it is a case of all hands to the pump to save what can be saved. In one case, the High Court paved the way for the proposed rescue of an airport logistics group which employs 65,000 people worldwide. The grounding of the […]
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No matter how long and technical the wording of an insurance policy may be, it may contain ambiguities that can only be resolved with expert legal assistance. A case on point concerned an eight-figure loss sustained by an operator of private hospitals arising from a breast surgeon’s negligent and criminal acts. The company inherited the liabilities of a predecessor which
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The requirement that workers must have two years of continuous employment before they can bring an unfair dismissal claim means that the precise date on which they started work can be of critical importance. Precisely that issue arose in the case of a safety supervisor who unofficially began work a week before his employment by a demolition company formally commenced.
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Contact arrangements between children in care and their parents often raise vexed issues, but all the more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a case concerning a mother who was denied skin-to-skin contact with her newborn baby, however, the High Court bent every sinew to achieve a just and practical resolution. The mother suffered from an emotionally unstable personality disorder
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Entering into a lease, whether commercial or residential, without taking legal advice is, to say the least, highly unwise. A landowner who fell into that trap put himself at serious risk of an unwanted tenant moving into his newly built home. The man bought 40 acres of land on which stood a racing stable. A keen equestrian, his plan was
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If goods supplied to you are unfit for purpose, you are entitled to be compensated in full for any losses that you suffer as a result. In a High Court case on point, the operator of an anaerobic digestion facility won substantial damages from a company which supplied components that failed catastrophically under pressure. The facility, which cost £12 million
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of court hearings have been conducted remotely, via online video link, but the strict ban on any private recording of legal proceedings has throughout remained fully in force. In a case on point, the BBC received a stiff fine for breaching that embargo. The case concerned the remote hearing of a judicial review challenge
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Encouraging employees recruited from competitors to bring their clients with them may not be inherently wrong, but it is often legally hazardous. A Court of Appeal ruling in the context of the travel agency business served to highlight the pitfalls. A travel agency which used a franchise model to employ over 700 sales consultants took action after a substantial number
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If you have no spouse, child or other dependant you might think there is little point in making a will. However, as a High Court case showed, any such an assumption would be seriously wrong if it takes no account of your wider family and the potential for conflict between them after you are gone. The case concerned one of 10
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A parent who wishes to move from one country to another with his or her child must first obtain the consent of the parent left behind. That principle of international law is easily stated but, as a guideline Court of Appeal ruling showed, applying it in a way that protects the child’s welfare is often a much more complicated matter.
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Failing to make a professionally drafted will is a positive invitation to family strife after you are gone. In one case, a spectacular falling out between two brothers could have been averted had their mother taken the time to consult a solicitor. The woman died intestate, with the result that her entire estate passed by default to her two sons
Brothers Battle It Out in Court After Their Mother Fails to Make a Will Read More »
There is nothing more galling than witnessing competitors profiting at your expense by ripping off your original ideas and designs. As a High Court case concerning a novel variety of ‘body-enhancing’ jeans showed, however, intellectual property lawyers are always there to ensure your rights are not trampled upon. The jeans were designed to give the appearance of slimmer hips, whilst
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