Commercial Client

• Employment Tribunal Treated Psychotic Litigant Unfairly

  • Posted20 January 2015

  A litigant who was in the grip of a psychotic episode when he turned up an hour late to an Employment Tribunal (ET) hearing – only to discover that his...

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• Property Dispute Imposes Heavy Cost Penalty for Couple

  • Posted15 January 2015

  A recent claim for negligence against a firm of architects, which resulted in a five-day court hearing, has led to a couple rueing their decision to litigate a dispute. ...

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• Government Publishes Guidance on the ‘Fit for Work’ Service

  • Posted14 January 2015

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published guidance for employers and employees on the new ‘Fit for Work’ service, originally referred to as the Health and Work Service,...

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• Bias Apparent, Not Real, Rules Court of Appeal

  • Posted14 January 2015

  Just because a court ruling seems harsh does not mean that the judge making it was biased, as is illustrated by a decision by the Court of Appeal that a...

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• Copyright Dispute Racks Up Mammoth Legal Bill

  • Posted12 January 2015

  A former couple engaged in an acrimonious copyright dispute in respect of trading software which lay at the heart of their phenomenally successful business have run up £19 million in...

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• Bank Worker’s Disability Discrimination Claim Setback

  • Posted9 January 2015

  A bank worker who claims she was subjected to a campaign of abuse and degrading treatment by colleagues due to the ‘pot-pourri’ of medical conditions from which she suffered has...

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