The former Irish minister of state, Frank Fahey, has reportedly won his libel case against a newspaper publisher at the High Court. Mr Fahey sued the Irish Independent for libel after they printed an article containing an ‘untrue’ statement relating to his property interests. He also sued the author of the article, Tom Lyons, for …
Technology corporation Hewlett-Packard (HP) have reportedly paid out $16.3 million to settle a federal government fraud investigation lawsuit. In the lawsuit and subsequent federal investigation, HP is accused of acting fraudulently in its involvement with the government’s E-Rate scheme for schools, which funds educational facilities in poorer areas with Internet connections. It is alleged that …
The social networking site Facebook has reportedly launched legal action against the owners of the Boston Phoenix newspaper and the WFNX radio station, claiming that two of the company’s media content patents have been infringed upon. The legal action taken by Facebook is a response to an original lawsuit filed against it by Phoenix Media …
Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly won his libel lawsuit against the Daily Telegraph, after the newspaper published a false article about him and his personal life. The article, published in the Telegraph in July 2008, alleged that after attending a sports awards ceremony, the striker and former Manchester United player went to a …
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that around 49 per cent of UK workplaces have never had a proper health and safety inspection. The survey, which the TUC conducts every two years, found the following: • 9 per cent of safety representatives said that the last visit from a health and safety inspector at …
The noted businessman and multi-millionaire Sir Peter Vardy has launched a lawsuit against the editors of Tribune magazine, over what he calls a defamatory article they printed about him in October 2009. Vardy alleges that in the article – headlined ‘Creationist Claptrap that Beggars Belief’- he is painted to be a devout creationist who sponsors …
Telecommunications giant BT is bracing itself for a wave of compensation claims from former employees in South Wales, after it was found that some engineering equipment could potentially have caused irreparable hearing damage. The law firm representing the 300 former BT engineers who have signed up to the class action lawsuit already believes that “tens …
Starting a new business from scratch is always a huge challenge, especially for first-time business owners. There are so many things to set up, plan and organise it can be difficult to know where to start. An absolutely essential element you must give high priority to on your list is professional insurance. You may have …
A farm worker from Cumbria has been awarded more than £70,000 in compensation after sustaining a serious injury at work seven years ago. The accident occurred in September 2003, when farm worker Stephen Hyndman was harvesting potatoes under the employment of contractor William Brown. The 28-year-old noticed that the machine he was using had become …