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A publishing company has failed in its bid to stop a former employee hiring some of its staff and contacting its customers. A court ruled that a restrictive covenant designed to prevent the employee setting up a rival business was too broad to be enforced. The case involved a company that published free electronic magazines.
The number of buyers entering the housing market is at its highest level for four years, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The biggest increases in activity came in theWest Midlandsand the North East, which were among the areas worst affected by the market crash. However, every area of the country saw
A couple have been told they are committing financial suicide by running up huge bills in a fight over which country should deal with their divorce. Aloke Ray and Dr Charoo Sekhri met through an online dating agency in 2008. They married in 2009 and lived inLondon, but later moved toSingapore. They have one son.
A black driver has been awarded £27,000 compensation after he became upset at hearing a colleague being called racist nicknames. Roy Morgan worked for a fruit and veg wholesale company inGloucester. He was not subjected to direct racism himself but often heard his colleague, Brian Ennis, referred to by other workers as ‘golliwog Brian’ and
A woman has won the right to remain in her deceased partner’s home despite a legal challenge from his son. The case involved a couple who were not married but had lived together for 12 years. The man had made a will leaving all his estate to his son. The will didn’t leave anything to
The divorce rate among the over-60s is continuing to rise, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is in contrast to the overall divorce figures which are falling. The divorce rate for older people was relatively stable in the 1980s but then started to rise in the early 1990s.
A father has won his appeal against a judge’s decision limiting the amount of time he was allowed to spend with his four children. The father wanted to have as much contact as possible with the children following the breakdown of his relationship with the mother. Local authority experts recommended that he should be allowed
A new set of employment regulations came into effect on 29 July. The most controversial, the introduction of fees for bringing claims to employment tribunals, went ahead as planned despite opposition from union leaders. The changes mean that employees wishing to bring a claim to a tribunal now have to pay fees on a sliding
When drawing up a contract for consultancy work it is important that both sides agree what the objectives are and what will constitute success. If there is no clear understanding, disputes can arise over fees, as shown in a recent case before the High Court. It involved a company that engaged a consultant to advise
The High Court has ruled that a commercial tenant that continued to occupy its premises after the lease expired had effectively created a new annual periodic tenancy and so was liable to pay 13 months’ rent. The issue arose after the tenant’s lease expired in 2009. No new lease was signed but the tenant remained