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Can a dismissal ever be fair if formal disciplinary procedures are dispensed with? A tribunal...

The first step in proving negligence is to establish the existence of a duty of care. A High...

Not everyone is particularly observant or attentive and the names of businesses and other...

As international airline passengers lounge comfortably in their seats, the last thing on their...

It is a fundamental feature of any free society that justice must be done in public, but how does...

Where local authorities choose not to follow the advice of their professional planning officers,...

Where free markets fail to operate, individual consumers are bound to suffer. The lengths to which...

Employers who fail to provide support and understanding to sick workers can expect to pay a high...

Investing in property development projects is definitely not for the faint-hearted but, if things...

Patents reward originality, and inventions that are obvious developments on pre-existing designs...

What is an employee? What is a worker? The answer to those perennially tricky questions has been...

In a welcome development for thousands of small businesses, the High Court has ruled that losses...

Speedy and cost-effective dispute resolution is the primary aspiration of the contract...

Disputes concerning major construction projects can simmer on for years after they are completed...

Many employers are taking laudable steps to increase diversity in their workforces by recruiting...

Concerns that small shareholders are the victims of a deficit in corporate democracy, having...

Planning decisions can radically affect people's lives and livelihoods and that is why they have...

The names and trade marks of certain well-known regional food and drink products are tightly...

The process of selecting staff for redundancy is fraught with legal pitfalls and seeking...

Contract adjudicators only have jurisdiction to resolve disputes after the points in issue have...

Contracts often require payments for services to be made in advance in order to get the ball...

If you have spent time and money building up public recognition of your trade mark, you do not...

The vexed distinction between 'workers' and 'independent contractors' could hardly be more...

Contract adjudicators' awards, even if disputed, must generally be satisfied straight away. That...

The freeholds of a great many blocks of flats are held by tenant-owned companies which operate on...

Sexual harassment proceedings against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein gave rise to a...

Businesses that handle personal data but fail to take appropriate steps to guard against cyber...

Civil unrest is thankfully rare in Britain, but it does occur and anyone who suffers loss as a...

Any civilised system of civil justice affords those who are accused of wrongdoing a fair...

Fixed-term employment contracts mean what they say and expire at the end of their terms without...