The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a property maintenance firm from Oldham, Manchester, after an employee suffered serious injuries whilst at work. The company has been fined more than £5,000 as a result. The HSE investigated City Response Ltd after employee Neil Kelly, 52, suffered acid burns after visiting a house in Heywood …
When setting up a taxi firm, one of the first things you will need to do is insure all of your vehicles properly. Without insurance, your business won’t even get off the ground. Once all other aspects of your business are set up, but before you even think about picking up customers, you should look …
The US celebrity magazine is reportedly being sued for more than £30 million ($50 million) by the actress Katie Holmes, who claims that it ran a cover story that insinuated she was a drug addict. The lawsuit, filed in a Los Angeles federal court, focuses on a January edition of the magazine in which a …
The American hotel heiress Paris Hilton is reportedly pursuing legal action against an Italian lingerie firm over claims that the company breached contract by failing to promote her clothing line. The heiress is said to have signed a five-year deal with underwear brand Le Bonitas in 2010, in order to launch a Paris Hilton fashion …
The leading US financial writer Michael Lewis is reportedly being sued for defamation by a fund manager over his best-selling book about the financial crisis. Mr Lewis’ book, entitled The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, gives an account of the financial crisis as it happened. It was published last year, and spent several weeks …
As the landlord of residential or commercial premises, you will need more than just standard insurance to cover all costs that may arise whilst you are responsible for the property. Professional insurance especially for landlords can provide you with full, comprehensive cover for a whole range of major and minor risks, some of which you …
The fund set up to compensate the victims of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been accused of fraud and negligence in a recently filed lawsuit. The lawsuit against the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which presumably has professional indemnity insurance in place to cover such accusations, was filed by Pinellas Marine …
Motorola’s brand new Android-based Xoom tablet has been hit with an infringement lawsuit over its name on the very day it was released. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week, on Wednesday 23rd February, at the US District Court of North Carolina by an online payment company called the Xoom Corporation. In the legal document, …
The social network game developer Zynga, best known for its association with Facebook, has reportedly settled its copyright infringement dispute with Californian video game company Digital Chocolate over the popular game Mafia Wars. In the lawsuit, Digital Chocolate alleged that Zynga’s 2008 game for Facebook, Mafia Wars, infringed on the copyright of its 2004 game …