A Leeds-based printing company – The Lettershop Ltd – has been forced to pay over £25,000 after its failure to observe health and safety laws resulted in one of its workers severing his thumb.
Read moreLandlord pleads guilty after house found to be a potential death trap
A landlord who rented a house with five bedrooms to seven people in Watford has been convicted of housing offences after breaking fire safety regulations.
Read moreTotal UK fined £1.4m after worker killed in an oil refinery fire
Total UK, the global energy company, has been ordered to pay over £1.4m after a fire at its oil refinery in North Lincolnshire resulted in the death of one of its workers.
Read moreGreen party members challenge ban on MP job sharing
Two Green party members – Sarah Cope and Clare Phipps – are seeking a judicial review after their application to jointly stand for election in Basingstoke was rejected.
Read moreHappy Birthday song is not protected by copyright according to recent lawsuit
International music publisher Warner/Chappell is being sued by filmmakers that claim to have found proof that the Happy Birthday song is not protected by copyright.
Read moreLandmark case at the Court of Appeal means that wills need to be drawn up differently
Following an eight-year court battle, a woman has been awarded £164,000 from her estranged mother’s estate at the Court of Appeal, despite it being against wishes clearly stated in her will.
Read moreTamworth landlord fined almost £3,000 for unlawful eviction
Mrs Georgina East, director of Propertarian Limited – a property management company responsible for a number of rental properties in Tamworth – has been ordered to pay a fine and costs of £2,925 after using threatening behaviour towards a tenant.
Read moreCare home’s neighbour takes legal action over hedge cutting dispute
A dementia care home based in Tilsworth, near Luton, has faced legal action after its neighbour reported the home’s owner for cutting a hedge without permission.
Read moreHGV spray painting company taken to court after employee severely injures leg
Paintshop Northern Limited – a company that spray paints HGVs – has been fined for failing to ensure the safety of its workforce after one of its employees sustained a serious fracture to his left leg.
Read moreLonger prison sentences could be given to those guilty of online copyright infringement
Following a consultation launched by the Intellectual Property Office and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, anyone found to be infringing on online content owned by another party could soon face a longer jail sentence than allowed at present.
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