Cedric Fitzpatrick – a landlord based in St Helens – has been served with a fine for more than £6,000 after St Helens Magistrates’ Court sentenced him for failing to comply with improvement notices from his local council.
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A large number of international brands including Sony, Yahoo! and Netflix, are being sued due to the fact that their HTTPS websites allegedly infringe an existing encryption patent.
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Two men from Bromley, Greater London, have been prosecuted after the local council acted on noise complaints from their respective neighbours and took each of them to court.
Read moreLandlord fined after ignoring improvement notices for his Cornwall property
Justin Paull – an Isle of Man resident – will have to pay thousands of pounds in fines and costs after failing to ensure his property in Falmouth complied with improvement notices issued by the local council.
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IKO Plc – a company that carries out roofing and insulation work – has been fined more than £10,000 after one of its contract workers sustained arm injuries that prevented him from working for three months.
Read moreMagistrates’ Court sees tenant evicted with three-month flat closure order
A council in Surrey has been successful in evicting a housing association tenant after Guildford Magistrates’ Court granted a three-month closure order on the property.
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