An employment tribunal has awarded a female tour guide a £38k pay-out following a discrimination dispute between the guide and her ‘bully’ boss.
Read moreJudge rules tenant acting as Airbnb host ‘breached terms of lease agreement’
A Court has ruled against an Airbnb host whose visitors caused a noise disturbance by throwing a loud party in the host’s rented London flat.
Read moreFarmer forced to demolish property or face prison sentence
A British farmer has begun dismantling a mock castle built unlawfully on his land, after a Judge gave him an ultimatum between demolition and a prison sentence.
Read moreBritons could be breaking the law with accidental ‘nuisance behaviour’ breaches
Hundreds of thousands of people all across the UK could be breaking the law on a daily basis without even knowing it.
Read moreE-commerce companies lock horns in multiple patent battles
A UK start-up company which found itself facing a legal battle with a US competitor over patent infringement has responded in an unusual way – by launching an opposing case.
Read moreBuy-to-let ban on new-build homes could be overturned in Court
A controversial plan to prevent the sale of new-build homes to anyone other than owner-occupiers in areas of Britain’s South West could be overturned if a landmark case makes its way to Court.
Read moreBritons urged to be wary of illegal tenancy agreements
Both landlords and tenants across the UK are increasingly being urged to seek specialist advice in regards to tenancy agreements, after a worrying survey conducted by Direct Line for Business revealed that a large number of UK landlords were making…
Read moreFirm fined millions over Health and Safety breaches
A British utilities firm has been fined £2.6million over devastating breaches of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, which led to the accidental and preventable death of contractor.
Read moreStore bosses sentenced and fined for fire safety breaches
Two bosses of a store with ‘wholly inadequate’ health and safety facilities have pleaded guilty to 29 offences in Court this week.
Read moreOver 8,500 UK websites suspended for intellectual property infringement, says web watchdog
Web regulator Nominet says that over 8,500 websites have been successfully shut down in the past three years on grounds of intellectual property infringement, following a crackdown in partnership with The City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU).
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