The head of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce has warned businesses that they could incur significant costs if they do not have public liability insurance in place. Chief executive John Hurrell said that without public liability insurance cover, businesses face “very significant” risks. He explained how it is difficult …
The pop singer Rihanna is reportedly filing lawsuits against the former owner of her Beverly Hills home, as well as real estate agents and inspectors, after the property suffered major water leaks during a rainstorm last year. According to the lawsuit, filed in LA County Superior Court, Rihanna is accusing the former owner of her …
A printing firm based in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire could face a substantial fine over the death of an employee in October 2008. Employee Ian Ebbs, 43, was working on a night shift at the St Ives Web factory, located in the Fengate industrial area of the city, when the incident occurred. He was repairing a …
New figures have revealed that the number of court cases filed over claims of online defamation have more than doubled in the space of just a year. The statistics, which were gathered by the legal information provider Sweet and Maxwell’s Lawtel and Westlaw UK services, show that compared to the seven cases which went through …
Stan Lee Media Inc. (SLMI) has reportedly filed a lawsuit over the rights to the character of Conan the Barbarian, as portrayed in the recent released film by Paradox Entertainment. SLMI, the company set up by iconic comic book creator Stan Lee but now operating independently of him, is currently in the process of rebuilding …
The analytics firm comScore is facing a new lawsuit filed by a law firm in Chicago which alleges that the company used “sinister and shocking” methods to collect its data. The class-action lawsuit, filed by Edelson McGuire on behalf of at least two plaintiffs, accuses comScore of violating the following US laws: • Stored Communications …
On 1st October 2011 a team from John Heath Insurance will be attempting to walk the entire length of the Sandstone Trail in Cheshire. This is a 34 mile stretch of hills in the Cheshire countryside from Frodsham to Whitchurch. We are raising money for The Wingate Centre, a local charity suppoting people with disabilities. …
A prominent conservation charity is facing charges and fines from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a gardener was killed when a tree fell on his van. The Woodland Trust is being accused of health and safety failings after gardener Alex McDonald, 25, died when a large tree fell and crashed through the windscreen …
Atos Healthcare, the company which assesses which patients are entitled to employment support allowance on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), is accusing websites and forums which publish patient complaints about its assessment process of libel. Atos has issued legal threats against websites and forums which criticise the company’s Logic Integrated Medical …