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A director breached her legal duties when she transferred company assets to herself during a period of financial difficulty. Julie Anne Davey ran a company called Angel Group Ltd or AGL, which had three subsidiaries. The businesses specialised in development and lettings. They had gone into administration in late 2012/early 2013 and into liquidation in
The National Landlord’s Association (NLA) has criticised government proposals to introduce 3-year minimum tenancies. Ministers say 3-year tenancy terms, with a 6-month break clause, are necessary to help renters put down roots, and to give landlords longer term financial security. The average amount of time tenants stay in a property is four years, according to
A director has been banned for seven years after repeatedly failing to pay his workers the minimum wage. Shakil Ahmed was a director at Euro Contracts Services Limited (ECS), which supplied labourers to farms. The farms paid a fee to ECS, which was then responsible for paying the labourers. An investigation by HMRC in 2009
A developer has been ordered to pay an extra £750,000 for land that was sold subject to the condition that the price would increase if planning permission for houses was granted. The issue arose after the developer purchased property from a landowner to redevelop for residential use. The contract provided that the extra money would
Barclays bank has been held liable for sexual assaults committed by a doctor it hired to carry out medical examinations on employees. The bank required its employees to attend a medical assessment as part of its recruitment process. Between 1968 and 1984, the assessments took place unchaperoned at the doctor’s home. The doctor died in
The Supreme Court has “reluctantly” ruled against a woman seeking a divorce to free her from what she describes as a loveless marriage. The five justices said they had misgivings about dismissing her appeal and have asked Parliament to consider reforming the divorce laws. The highly publicised case involved Tini Owens, aged 68, and her
A recruitment agency has been granted an injunction to prevent a former employee working for rival companies while on garden leave and to ensure its confidential information isn’t misused. The case involved Coyle Personnel, which supplied nurses to NHS trusts and private hospitals. It employed a senior recruitment consultant, Mr Hackett, for four years. During
Business leaders have welcomed government proposals to make large companies justify the pay of their chief executives and reveal how much higher it is than that of their average worker. The move affects UK listed companies with 250 employees or more. They will have to disclose the pay ratios – the difference between the top
Millions of TV viewers have been gripped by the tragic storyline in Coronation Street involving popular character Aidan Connor, who took his own life after suffering mental health problems. His family were still reeling from his death when they received the news that in his will he had left his factory to one of his
A Poundland store manager has been awarded £21,000 compensation after she was unfairly dismissed for allegedly stealing a drink. The manager, Ms Stokes, had worked at the company for eight years. During the last two she experienced friction with a newly appointed area sales manager. In June 2017, the area sales manager and a senior