Landlord must pay damages to church over unlawful eviction

A landlord has been ordered to pay damages to a church organisation that was unlawfully evicted from its rented premises. The case involved Jesus Sanctuary Ministries Ltd and Ruby Triangle Properties. The church had started occupying the property under a rental agreement in 2009. The property was later sold to the current landlord. In 2019,

Housing Trust ordered to allow installation of high-tech equipment

A housing trust has been ordered to allow a communications company to install and operate equipment on the roof of one of its properties.  The case involved Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd and London & Quadrant Housing Trust (2020). Cornerstone’s activities included installing and maintaining telecommunications apparatus which it made available to its shareholders, two telecommunications

Commercial tenant ordered to pay cost of removing asbestos

A commercial tenant that left behind asbestos-contaminated materials after having its lease terminated has been ordered to pay the cost of clearing the site. There was a “”yield-up”” covenant in the lease that required the tenant to remove buildings erected on the site and to leave the site in “”good and substantial repair and condition””.

Gender-fluid engineer wins discrimination case against Jaguar

A gender-fluid engineer who endured insults and jibes from fellow workers has won a discrimination claim against Jaguar Land Rover. The case involved Ms R Taylor who had worked for Jaguar for 20 years and had initially identified as male. She began identifying as gender fluid in 2017 and started dressing in women’s clothing. This

Employment tribunal capacity to be increased due to Covid

The government is introducing a series of changes to increase the flexibility and capacity of the employment tribunal system during the Covid-19 pandemic. The new measures will also allow tribunals to deal with increasing caseloads, following the abolition of employment tribunal fees in July 2017. It means there will be more remote hearings so tribunals

Definition of employment ‘includes self-employed contractors’

The Administrative Court has made a declaration clarifying that the legal definition of “”employment”” includes people who provide their services on a self-employed basis as an independent contractor. The declaration was made after the Simply Learning Tutor Agency Ltd and eight other similar agencies applied for a declaration that the Employment Agencies Act 1973 does

Court lifts injunction preventing employee working at new firm

The High Court has lifted an interim injunction restraining an employee from working at another company. The case involved Peltrade Ltd, a distributor of energy-producing wood pellets. In March 2018 it had employed Mr Dean Scanlan to trade in premium and industrial quality pellets, but he had worked primarily in the premium pellet sector. His

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