A NSW case eschewed the proposition that a system of work with lifting and twisting creates a foregone risk of injury.

The insurer had earlier mistakenly accepted an application for compensation by a person claiming to be an injured worker.

Everyone makes assumptions in relation to bank guarantees (i) that they are pretty standard documents which you have little choice but to sign "as is"; (ii) that they understand the concept and the risks in providing one; and (ii) the effect of signing is that they become liable to pay another persons debt if that person fails to pay.

The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has announced that the headquarters of the Green Investment Bank ("GIB") are to be based in Edinburgh, while the main transaction team will be located in London.

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, the Environment Agency successfully prosecuted Nigel Isherwood and his company, Isherwood Skip and Container Hire Ltd following two years of illegally depositing and burning of waste.

The refinancing provisions of the Standardisation of PFI Contracts (Version 4) ("SoPC4") have recently been updated by HM Treasury to reflect the current state of the financing market, in particular the potential availability of lower interest rates, and the impact this may have on risk allocation.

In times when the public sector is under ever increasing budgetary pressure, there may be a temptation to view Performance Mechanisms in longer term PPP contracts and FM contracts as a potential source of income.

Andrea Ward and Denise Brosnan consider the potential implications for local authorities following the recent Court of Appeal decision in JGE v Trustees of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust (2012).

Mr Phee sought compensation from the court for his injury arguing that (a) the other golfer, Mr Gordon, had failed to exercise reasonable care as he had played the shot when it was unsafe to do so and (b) the golf club had not carried out a risk assessment of the course or erected warning signs.

Section 108A of the 2009 Act was intended to rid the construction industry of the well known "tolent" clauses (i.e. clauses requiring the referring party in an adjudication to bear the other party’s legal costs).

The First-Tier Tribunal has held in Thomason & Others v HMRC [2010] UKFTT 579 (TC). that investors who acquired shares in a management buy-out of business and assets were entitled to claim EIS relief despite having been involved in carrying on the trade before the transfer took place.

Directors residential addresses must be notified to the Registrar of Companies and are held on public record at Companies House, as well on the Register of Directors of every company.

As a form of consumer protection, investors are required to go through appropriately licenced crowdfunding procedures.

The High Court considered whether credit card late payment fees charged by a bank were considered to be penalties.

The case expands possibilities for claimants to recover where an insolvent company has potentially applicable insurance.

We discuss University of Queensland v Brisbane City Council & CBUS Property Brisbane Pty Ltd [2016]. .

Given that the economic environment in the UK continues to be challenging and the bank-lending landscape has changed quite drastically in the past few years.

The Crime and Courts Bill 2012/2013 is currently navigating its way through Parliament having been introduced in the last Queen's Speech.

On 1 April 2025, the High Court ruled on an application for specific disclosure in a case involving various alleged breaches of the UK GDPR in the wider context of road traffic claims.

The First-Tier Tribunal has recently ruled in favour of Reed Employment Ltd (Reed) in an appeal regarding the VAT treatment of the supply of temporary staff. It was held that VAT should only be charged on the commission fee portion of the charge to its clients, rather than the entirety of the charge.