A landmark legal challenge claiming the government’s position on civil partnerships is incompatible with equality law is to be heard today in the High Court. Currently civil partnerships are only open to same-sex couples.
Read moreMidlands landlord sentenced after letting out garden ‘bungalow’
Mukhtiar Chhokar – a landlord based near Birmingham – has been ordered to pay more than £14,000 in legal costs after allowing tenants to live in an upgraded outbuilding.
Read moreKitchen manufacturer fined by Magistrates’ Court after worker injured
Bespoke in Oak Limited – a luxury kitchen manufacturer based in Northampton – has been fined this week after a court heard how health and safety failings led to one of its workers having two fingers amputated.
Read moreSupermarket’s Yorkshire site planning appeal is unsuccessful at High Court
A developer working with Sainsbury’s has been unsuccessful in its attempts to overturn a rejected planning permission bid.
Read moreFamily-run fish company launches trademark case against Morrisons supermarket
JCS Fish, a Grimsby-based fish wholesaler, has taken legal action against Morrisons – the national supermarket brand – due to its attempts to register “The Big Fish Company” as a trademark.
Read more£200,000 fine given to construction company due to rail worker’s death
A construction company – Carillion Construction Ltd – has been fined hundreds of thousands of pounds after its health and safety failings meant that a rail worker was killed on the tracks by a passing train near Lincoln.
Read moreLandlord fined after rats and mould found in London bedsits
Liakath Ali, a 40-year-old landlord, has been ordered to pay almost £70,000 in legal fines and costs after a court found him guilty of letting out substandard bedsits in the East End of London.
Read moreCheshire coachbuilding company fined after employee injured
S.Cartwright and Sons (Coachbuilders) Ltd – a coachbuilding business based in Cheshire – has been served with a fine for more than £50,000 after one of its employees suffered life changing injuries.
Read moreArtist agrees to settlement in Angry Birds intellectual property lawsuit
Juli Adams – an artist based in Seattle – has agreed to an out-of-court settlement for an intellectual property dispute relating to toys she designed for a pet products company, which were based on the internationally acclaimed Angry Birds video…
Read moreHigh Court ruling sees Wigan couple’s planning permission appeal defeated
The High Court in London recently sided with Wigan Council after rejecting a couple’s appeal regarding planning permission granted for a residential development of 39 dwellings.
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