Directors’ phone conversation amounted to binding agreement

By Company Commercial

The High Court has ruled that a telephone conversation between the managing directors of two companies amounted to a binding agreement and had to honoured. The case involved Mansion Place Ltd v Fox Industrial Services Ltd. Mansion had engaged Fox to refurbish and extend student accommodation. There were delays in the performance of the works.

Worker who went into ‘diabetic rage’ wins unfair dismissal claim

Business Employment

An employee at a biscuit factory who threatened a colleague while in a diabetic rage has won his claim of unfair dismissal. Mr Dytkowski began working for Brand FB’s biscuit factory in 2009. He was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes in March 2018, which he described as a “difficult diagnosis to accept and manage”. Occupational Health

Director must pay over £600k after breaching legal duties

Company Commercial

A director who breached his legal duties while running a company has been ordered to pay more than £600,000 compensation. The claimant in the case had set up a company called GBR in late 2010 to take over a recycling business. He had been disqualified from acting as a director and entrusted GBR’s growth and

More than 1,400 firms close as insolvency figures soar

By Debt Collection

More than 1,400 firms ceased trading in September as insolvency figures reached their highest level since March 2020. Finance experts fear there is worse to come as the furlough scheme and other government support for businesses come to an end. Some of the smaller energy suppliers were among the 1,446 companies to go bust in

Construction firm awarded £40k in three-in-one payment claim

Company Commercial

A construction firm has won its claim for the payment of three outstanding invoices despite the customer arguing that the three payments could not be treated as one single case. The issue arose after Creagh Concrete Products Ltd entered into an oral construction contract with Quadro Services Ltd. During the contract period, Quadro made various

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