According to the latest report from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the number of people killed whilst working in the agricultural industry has risen significantly in the last year alone. The HSE report reveals that between April 2009 and March 2010, there were 38 agricultural workers killed in the workplace. This is a sharp …
The Canadian hip-hop star Drake (real name Aubrey Drake Graham) is reportedly facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from Playboy Music. Playboy bosses are claiming that the rapper’s breakthrough 2009 single ‘Best I Ever Had’ illegally samples a Playboy Music-owned song called ‘Fallin’ in Love’, which was recorded by Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds in 1975. …
Jessica Uys, a property lettings agent in Manchester, has been awarded nearly £20,000 at employment tribunal after a number of disputes with her former boss. Ms Uys had worked for Belvoir Lettings in the centre of Manchester as a maintenance manager since 2007, but claims she was forced to leave her job after her former …
Like many other businesses, shops and retailers face risks on a day-to-day basis. Whilst some of these risks are legal ones (i.e. employee lawsuits, public liability compensation claims etc), your building could also be a victim of crime or even a natural disaster. As well as premises, retailers also have stock and other assets to …
In what is likely to be yet another claim on the company’s professional insurance (assuming they have product liability cover), technology giants Apple are being sued over problems with the iPhone 4. The lawsuit against Apple was a class action complaint filed in the United States District Court in Maryland, USA, by a number of …
InjuriesBoard.ie, the statuary organisation set up to adjudicate on personal injury claims, has published a new report revealing just how much public liability cases are costing employers, business owners and local authorities in Ireland. The report revealed the following facts and figures about cases in 2009: • €33 million was the total amount in public …
Jimmy Page, the guitarist of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin, is being sued for copyright infringement over the band’s hit 1969 single “Dazed and Confused”. American folk singer Jake Holmes alleges that the song was illegally sampled from his version, which he recorded and copyrighted in 1967. There is a long and complicated history with …
If you need certain tools and equipment to run your business, what back-up plan do you have in place if something breaks or is stolen? Many small and medium sized businesses can’t afford to rush out and buy new equipment, especially if it’s of the specialist variety and is hard to track down. This is …
Eversheds, an international law firm, is facing a professional negligence lawsuit over claims they mis-advised property development company JMH Acquisitions and caused them to lose money. JMH is reportedly pursuing Eversheds for £200,000, an amount the company claims it lost when the law firm advised it on a new industrial property purchase in Bolton, near …