Commercial Client

• Unlawful Intent Does Not Prevent Recovery of Debt

  • Posted2 January 2015

  Although, as a general rule, an illegal contract is unenforceable, a City broker who offered to supply insider information to a friend for £620,000 but then reneged on the promise...

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• Employee Foolishness No Defence in Health and Safety Cases

  • Posted31 December 2014

  In a case which vividly illustrates the exacting health and safety standards placed on industrial employers, a flooring company was convicted and fined over an accident which an injured employee...

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• What is a ‘Residential Unit’? High Court Rules

  • Posted29 December 2014

  A couple who made £13 million by selling their land for residential development are in line for a further very substantial sum after the High Court interpreted in their favour...

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• Jail Sentence Confirmed for Counterfeit Goods Trader

  • Posted23 December 2014

  In a warning to traders that those who deal in counterfeit goods are at risk of losing their liberty, a market stall holder who was caught offering for sale fake...

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• HMRC Likely to Target Employee Mileage Claims and Expenses

  • Posted22 December 2014

  A recent survey of 1,200 company car drivers found that more than 1,000 admitted to having falsified their mileage claims. 89 per cent had submitted inaccurate claims and 63 per...

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• Obese Workers and Disability Rights

  • Posted19 December 2014

  The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld an earlier ruling of the Advocate General on a question raised by the Danish District Court in holding that...

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