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A woman has succeeded in her unfair dismissal claim after the behaviour of a director of the company she worked for led her to resign from her job ( Hanson v Interaction Recruitment Specialists Ltd ). The woman had worked for her employer, a recruitment...

In a ruling which will have wide implications for providers of finance, the Court of Appeal has ruled that three purchasers of cars are entitled to be repaid the commission paid from the lenders to the dealers in respect of their car loans. The purchasers...

The government has announced the rates of the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) which will take effect from 1 April 2025. The new rates are as follows: The NLW, which applies to those aged 21 and over, will increase from...

If a business objects to the registration of a UK domain name by someone else, it can seek to have the domain name transferred to itself through Nominet UK's Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). A major supermarket chain recently succeeded in securing the...

In a case concerning the employment status of part-time football referees , the Supreme Court recently concluded that the relationship between them and the company that provided their services demonstrated both sufficient mutuality of obligation and...

The Employment Rights Bill currently before Parliament will make it automatically unfair to dismiss an employee for refusing to agree to a variation of their contract. Recently, the Supreme Court considered this issue in a case involving a supermarket that...

The High Court has rejected an application by a local planning authority (LPA) for permission for statutory review of a planning decision under Section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 . A developer applied for permission in principle (PiP)...

The courts have powers to deal with protests or other actions that disrupt the day-to-day activities of people and organisations, even when those responsible cannot be identified. Recently, the High Court granted a continued injunction against persons...

The Employment Rights Bill, which formed part of the legislative programme outlined in the King's Speech, has now been introduced into Parliament. Some of the key provisions included in the Bill are: Workers on zero-hours contracts will be entitled to...

The High Court recently ruled on a claim by AGA Rangemaster , the manufacturer of AGA cookers, that a company which also supplies range cookers had infringed its trade marks. The company's cookers were fitted with an electric control system, which could...