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An accountant who was the minority shareholder in a business has won his claim for a financial settlement after being excluded from company affairs. The accountant had a 49% shareholding in the company; the majority shareholders were a designer and his wife who held the remaining 51%. The company made model military figures for a
A contractor has won a dispute over a £277,000 payment even though the adjudicator deciding the case may have made a mistake. The issue arose after the contractor had been hired by a developer constructing a block of flats. The agreement between them was based on an amended JCT 2011 Intermediate Building Contract with Contractor’s
Two laundry firms have been fined a total of £1.71m after they agreed not to compete against each other in certain areas. Micronclean Limited and Berendsen Cleanroom Services Ltd provide specialist laundry services including the cleaning of garments worn by people working in ‘cleanrooms’. These are highly sanitised environments used by businesses such as pharmaceutical
A health care solutions company has been granted an interim injunction preventing a former employee using one of its software programs. The company owned the copyright in a program designed to assist child fostering agencies with accounts, client management and similar functions. The employee had worked as its sales director, until he left without giving
The High Court has criticised HMRC for its inadequate evidence against a company it claimed had not paid enough tax. The issue arose after HMRC had brought a winding up petition against Southbourne Trading Co Ltd in 2016 for alleged underpayment of tax and VAT liabilities. The company challenged the figures and the claim was
Uber may have to reconsider its working practices after losing two major legal battles within two months. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the company should be classified as a taxi firm and regulated as such, a decision that may have major implications for its business model. The ruling comes only six
There has been a sharp rise in the number of employment tribunal cases since the Supreme Court ruled in July that the fees charged to bring claims were unlawful. Figures released by the Courts and Tribunal Service show that claims rose by 64% between July and September. The National User Group of Employment Tribunals say
The recent sexual assault scandals involving MPs and Hollywood actors has prompted the Equality and Human Rights Commission to write to leading companies telling them they’ll face legal action if they fail to deal with sexual harassment. The letter to the chairs of FTSE 100 companies and other leading employers reminds them of their legal
The Dyson group has been granted an injunction preventing one of its top engineers working for a rival company for 12 months. The case involved Dyson’s research and development company, Dyson Technology Ltd, which is developing the company’s electric car. It employed engineer Pierre Pellerey, who has a background in research related to electric cars,
There’s been a rise in the number of firms experiencing financial difficulties as the rate of business growth slows to its lowest level in four years. Research by the insolvency and restructuring trade body, R3, found that the number of companies reporting one or more signs of growth fell to 53% in September 2017, down