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Business owners and managers tend to view writing job references as an important but relatively routine task. However, the need to choose words carefully – and to take professional advice where necessary – was underlined by a High Court ruling in...
So-called 'cowboy' builders who demand overpayment for delayed and shoddy work are a curse on householders. However, as a Court of Appeal ruling showed , the law takes a tough line with dishonest tradespeople. The case concerned a builder's work for four...
Fierce competition between retailers, particularly during the Christmas period, has a tendency to spill over into intellectual property disputes. Exactly that happened in a High Court case concerning design rights in festive bottles of gin . A supermarket...
Medical advances, ever-increasing life expectancies and the escalating costs of care together explain why damages awards in some clinical negligence cases may seem staggeringly large. All those factors played a part in the case of a teenage boy who received...
As some football and rugby players will confirm, the consequences of head trauma may not be immediately apparent but can prove devastating as the years go by. In a case on point, a boy who was knocked down by a neighbour as she reversed out of her driveway...
Couples who enter into a pre-nuptial agreement (PNA) with their eyes wide open can expect to be bound by its terms. However, as the outcome of a 'big money' divorce case made plain , judges have the power to effectively rewrite them if they fail to make...
Official decision-makers are often accused of acting with closed minds. However, as a Court of Appeal ruling in a planning case made plain , there is a great difference between unlawful predetermination and a legitimate pause for thought. The case...
Establishing liability in some clinical negligence cases can present a huge challenge. However, as the case of a disabled nine-year-old girl showed, experienced lawyers can negotiate substantial compensation packages for their clients in even the most hotly...
Many media personalities who provide their services via their own private companies have, in tax terms, expensively fallen foul of the so-called IR35 legislation. However, in one case, a Rugby Union commentator's company succeeded in overturning six-figure...
Accidents suffered whilst you are on holiday can throw up particular legal difficulties when it comes to seeking financial redress. However, as the case of a young woman who sustained serious burns in a poolside explosion showed, expert personal injury...
If you feel that you have been unjustly denied an inheritance, you should get in touch with a solicitor straight away. The dangers of delay were made plain by a case in which foot-dragging led to the sacrifice of a possible six-figure legacy. The case...
