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R v P Limited arose out of a tragic warehouse accident when a six year old boy was thrown from a fork lift truck as it collided with a second truck which was carrying a large unclamped newspaper reel on the top of two other clamped reels.

A brief introduction to some of the fundamental changes proposed to be made to the system of registration of security interests created by companies and the consequent effect on priorities of competing interests.

In the much debated and controversial decision of the House of Lords in Johnson v Unisys (reported in ELR issue 24 summer 2001) comments in Lord Hoffman’s judgment could be interpreted as leaving the way open for Tribunals to award applicants compensation for injury to feelings caused by their dismissa.

The Government yesterday started the consultation process for reforming employment claims. It published an 89-page consultation document setting out its proposals.

In HR v JAPT (1997), the High Court refused to strike out a claim against directors of a pension trustee company, for the alleged breach of trust of the company, on the grounds that there was an arguable point of law.

There has been much press coverage of the effect that the fall in the FTSE is having on pension schemes. The Pensions Regulator has issued a statement outlining the issues trustees should be addressing.

In our January e-news "What’s new in 2011?", we mentioned that as many of the proposed changes in employment law for 2011 originated from long before the change of Government in May 2010, they may be subject to further review.

The cost associated with UK environmental litigation is a hot topic at the moment. A recent case has added to the debate.

A brief introduction to some of the fundamental changes proposed to be made to the system of registration of security interests created by companies and the consequent effect on priorities of competing interests. The changes, proposed to be introduced by way of secondary legislation, will also bring within the scope of registration some transactions which do not even contain a grant of security. The consequences for banking practice will be significant.

In Harrison v Derby City Council (2008), the Court of Appeal considered the adequacy of a system of highway inspection, and the extent to which local authorities should implement a more frequent and more vigorous system where special risks or hazards exist in an otherwise unremarkable section of the highway.

Third parties’ rights against the insurers of an insolvent party have been extended with far reaching effect for insurers.

Readers will no doubt by now be familiar with the fact that the "traditional" form of debenture pursuant to which a lender purported to take a fixed charge over a company’s book debts whilst in practice leaving the company free to deal with the proceeds of the debts once received has now been definitively determined by the House of Lords to be ineffective to create the intended fixed charge (see: National Westminster Bank PLC v Spectrum Plus Ltd (2005)). The charge over book debts taken in that

The major developments that have emerged in insurance regulation over recent years are capital adequacy and corporate governance. It is anticipated that Solvency II will incorporate these developments.

The developments that will be of interest to those dealing with legacy portfolios are: 1) the Reinsurance Directive and European wide Part VII transfers; 2) HM Treasury response in relation to extending the ambit of Part VII transfers; and 3) the Scottish Parliament’s reaction to Grieves v F T Everard & Sons (2007) which held that pleural plaques were not compensatable.