Court upholds adjudicator’s award to honour contract

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The High Court has upheld an adjudication award made to a construction firm following a contract dispute involving allegations of defective work. The case involved Davis Construction (South East) Ltd v Sanzen Investments Ltd. Davis had been engaged by Sanzen to construct 25 residential units under a JCT design and build contract. Clause 9 provided

Father granted access to business records in family dispute

A father has been granted access to information concerning the family businesses of which he was a director. The issue arose because he was in dispute with his son and daughter-in-law, who were also directors. The family business comprised of companies that operated residential care homes. The father and mother established and ran it on

Directors breached their duties when setting up their pensions

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The High Court has ruled that two directors breached their legal duties when they used company property to fund their pensions. The case involved a company that had been incorporated in 1998 to take over a volunteer-run project that renovated and resold donated furniture. In 2001 the company bought a property as its premises. Some

Interior designers win dispute over hotel ‘five-star finish’

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A firm of interior designers have won a contract dispute over unpaid invoices for their work refurbishing a hotel requiring a “luxurious 5-star feel”. The case involved Phoenix Interior Design Ltd v Henley Homes plc. Henley engaged Phoenix to provide interior design services, furniture and fittings for a new apartment hotel in Scotland. The brief

Worker subjected to abuse on WhatsApp awarded £25,000

A woman who stumbled across a workplace WhatsApp group featuring racially abusive remarks about her has been awarded nearly £25,000 for unlawful harassment on the grounds of sex, race and religious belief.  The case involved Mrs Muna Abdi who worked as an operations clerk for Deltec in Hounslow. She was originally from Somalia and moved

Online Divorce Applications

HMCTS have confirmed that legal representatives will need to process divorce applications online using the digital service (rather than paper forms) from 13th September 2021. The exceptions to this, which should continue to be processed via the paper route, are:- • Civil Partnership• Judicial Separation• Nullity Machins Solicitors are already set up to use the

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