The food manufacturer Heinz has been fined more than £20,000 after an employee lost a finger working with industrial machinery in one of the company’s baked bean factories. The employee, who has not been named but is believed to be 65 years old, was working at Heinz’s Kitt Green factory in Wigan in 2008 when …
On the very day that Google launched its ground-breaking Google Wallet initiative, the e-commerce business Paypal has filed a lawsuit claiming that the internet giant stole its ideas and its employees. The lawsuit, filed in California, fires a number of accusations at Google, including breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty …
According to press reports, the TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson and actor Hugh Grant are considering taking legal action against the News of the World over claims that they too have been targeted by journalists in the phone hacking scandal. A number of celebrity figures have already launched legal complaints against News International, which last month …
A West Sussex firm has been forced to rely on its employers’ liability insurance after receiving a fine relating to an employee injury. The electrical firm Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after cable installation technician Richard Bradley suffered an accident at a site in Manor Royal in …
The breaking news this week is that Sony’s Playstation Network has been hacked and user data may have been stolen. In response to the crisis, Sony has confirmed that it will be contacting as many as 70 million users of the Network, which provides online film and music streaming as well as video gaming services. …
Southwark Council has been unsuccessful in its bid to claim £2.5 million in damage from computer company IBM after claiming the firm supplied it with faulty software. The council bought the software from IBM in 2007 as part of a framework agreement between the firm and the Treasury. The council claimed that the software supplied …
There has been much controversy recently following allegations that the Nintendo 3DS, the games makers brand new 3D handheld console, is making people feel sick and uncomfortable. According to reports published in The Daily Mail, The Sun and many other publications, a number of first purchasers of the 3DS console have been returning it claiming …
The consumer electronics giant Apple has triumphed in a patent infringement appeal case which could have seen the technology corporation pay out $625 million (£383 million) in damages. The dispute centres on allegations made by small technology firm Mirror Worlds that Apple violated three patents in its Time Machine, Cover Flow and Spotlight systems. The …
The popular BBC TV show Top Gear is reportedly being sued for libel and malicious falsehood by electric car company Tesla in relation to a show featuring one of its vehicles. The show in question, which aired in December 2008, featured the Tesla roadster being test-driven by presenter Jeremy Clarkson. The car is shown running …