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More than 350 employers have been named and shamed for failing to pay the national minimum wage rates. It’s the largest list of its kind so far produced by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and names 360 businesses that underpaid 15,520 workers a total of £995,233. Employers in the hairdressing, hospitality and
The landlord of a holiday park has won a legal dispute with chalet tenants over service charges. The tenants held long leases that obliged them to pay whatever the landlord “”may reasonably require on account”” by 31 December every year to maintain and manage the park. The lease specified that the service charge was to
The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision that a £250m contract was binding based just on what was agreed in a phone call. The case involved negotiations that took place between property investors and a group of financiers. On 23 April 2015, the investors sent the financiers a letter marked “”without prejudice – subject
A company director must repay a £150,000 investment after guaranteeing that he would double the figure within eight weeks. The case involved the director of a company based in the United Arab Emirates. He was looking for an urgent investment to finance a deal. He met a potential investor and told him that the typical
The government has announced a series of wide-ranging measures to reform the housing market and provide more homes for people to buy or rent. The measures are designed to help local authorities, developers and small builders to increase the housing stock by reducing obstacles that delay or even prevent developments going ahead. It’s hoped they
The government is pressing ahead with its plans to make large businesses report on how quickly they pay their suppliers. Ministers believe the move will help smaller firms to grow and prosper. It comes as the latest figures show that SMEs are owed £26.3 billion in overdue invoices. From April this year, large companies and
A husband has been ordered to pay his former wife £341 more each month because she had made bad financial decisions and lost the £232,000 lump sum she was awarded when the couple divorced in 2002. Graham and Maria Mills had married in 1988 and had one child. Mr Mills agreed to pay her £1,100
A mother has been told she can only have contact with her son six times a year instead of the 12 times that she wanted. The case centred on the care of an eight-year-old boy. His parents had separated after the mother alleged that she had suffered domestic abuse by the father and his family.
A husband has won his appeal against financial remedy orders involving payments to his former wife after the court proceedings were held to be unfair. The case involved a husband and wife who had been financially supported by the husband’s extended family. After their divorce they became estranged from the family. The husband moved to
A woman who was sacked while on sick leave has won her claim of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination against Marks & Spencer. Sally Roach had worked as a visual merchandiser for the company for 18 years until she had to take a year off work after a hysterectomy operation in 2014. She was dismissed