Commercial Client

• Liability Limitation Valid, Rules Court

  • Posted28 August 2015

  When a loss is caused to one party by another, the party suffering the loss will often seek redress (damages) from the person or organisation that caused it. The process...

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• Court of Appeal Rejects Unison’s Employment Tribunal Fees Challenge

  • Posted27 August 2015

  When Employment Tribunal (ET) fees were introduced in July 2013, the public service trade union Unison was quick to challenge the lawfulness of the new regime on the basis that...

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• NFU Mutual SafetyHub for Small Farms

  • Posted25 August 2015

  According to figures collated by NFU Mutual, smaller farming businesses, whose workers invariably carry out a wide variety of tasks, often in poor weather conditions, are still prone to significant...

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• Inability to Prove Counterclaim Fatal

  • Posted19 August 2015

  Running an airline profitably is critically dependent on keeping planes in the air as much of the time as possible, so when an airline enters into a contract relating to...

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• Government to Review Employment Tribunal Fees System

  • Posted17 August 2015

  The Government has announced that it is to carry out a wide-ranging review of the Employment Tribunal (ET) fees system to determine whether its original objectives have been met. It...

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• Attack on Adjudicator’s Jurisdiction Fails

  • Posted11 August 2015

  Adjudicators’ powers to resolve contract disputes are frequently challenged by those who are unhappy with their decisions. However, in a guideline case, the High Court has thrown out one attack...

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