Just weeks after losing his licence, a mechanic at a garage in Aberdeen crashed a customer’s car into another vehicle. Garage worker Charles Munro, 26, took the Ford Focus Ghia – owned by Susan Cruickshank and her husband Richard – for a test drive after working on fixing the brakes. The test drive ended in …
The Government has today published its consultation proposals for reforming regulatory structures in the UK. This consultation builds on the announcement made on 16 June by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne that the Government had decided to give the Bank of England control of macro-prudential regulation and oversight of microprudential regulation. In that …
Although one of the biggest mobile phone corporations in the world – one which is bound to have a weighty professional indemnity insurance policy – the verdict of a recent lawsuit shows that Vodafone is still subject to European tax laws. The company has agreed to pay $1.93 billion (£1.25 billion) to settle a taxation …
A woman who claims that her employer discriminated against her on the grounds of her age has been awarded more than £3,000 by an employment tribunal. Anna Stirrup, who was 50 at the time the complaint was made, used to work at Summers Dry Cleaners in Cookstown. She was a shop manager who worked five …
It has recently been revealed that Chinese search engine Baidu, the third largest in the world, will be proceeding with its professional negligence claim against its domain register, Register.com. Baidu is suing Register following a hacking attack on their account last January by a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army. The hackers apparently contacted …
Hollywood actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reportedly won their libel lawsuit against the News of the World. The couple lodged their complaint after a number of articles appeared in News Corp’s publications alleging that Pitt and Jolie were to split up. The newspaper published a front-page story on the couple, claiming that the …
The popular New York band Vampire Weekend may have just scored a number one album with their latest offering, Contra, but they are also facing a serious legal battle over the album cover. A $2 million lawsuit has reportedly been filed against the band and their record label XL (who it is presumed will cover …
As a business owner, you can’t have helped noticing the number of compensation claims, lawsuits and employment tribunal cases appearing in the news. Many speculate that we are now living in a ‘compensation culture’, where anyone disgruntled with anything can and will sue for damages. Small businesses are particularly at risk, as they don’t have …
England’s second most senior judge, Lord Justice Neuberger, has ruled against Times Newspapers Limited in a libel lawsuit over a newspaper article. The lawsuit centres on Gary Flood, a detective sergeant for the Metropolitan Police, who alleged that his character was defamed in an article appearing in the Times back in 2006. Mr Flood claimed …