Commercial Client

• Anticipation of Variation Does Not Derail Tender Fairness

  • Posted9 November 2015

  The rules relating to public sector tendering are complex, but it is necessary that public sector procurement processes are both fair and seen to be fair. However, this can be...

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• Sacked School Caretaker’s Compensation Wrongly Capped

  • Posted6 November 2015

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a school caretaker, who was unfairly dismissed due to concerns about his allegedly inappropriate conduct towards pupils, wrongly had a cap placed...

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• LinkedIn Plays Part in Design Copying Case

  • Posted3 November 2015

  When a manufacturer of ceramics produced a range of products which even a judge in the High Court found it difficult to tell apart from those made by another firm...

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• Claim Denied for Unmonitored Alarm

  • Posted29 October 2015

  A recent case highlights the changes that will be coming into effect next year when the Insurance Act 2015 comes into force, reducing the number of ‘technical’ defences that can...

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• Employee’s Dismissal for Facebook Abuse Was Fair

  • Posted28 October 2015

  A canal worker who was sacked for gross misconduct after he was found to have used a string of offensive expletives to describe his managers on Facebook has lost his...

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• Environmental Impact Procedures: No Shortcuts Allowed, Rules Court

  • Posted26 October 2015

  When a proposal for a development that included a lorry park and two silos was made that had the potential to lead to pollution of a river which is in...

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