Political scandal, “fraud on an epic scale” and a billionaire in hiding are the main highlights in this case. The appellant is accused of helping to hide his father-in-law’s ill-gotten gains. Meanwhile we also consider the impact of the large number of Eastern European cases
In tort law a lot of focus is placed on aspects such as the duty of care and causation but there also has to be an injury caused by the defendant. How we define an injury is not always straightforward and in this case we
A Scottish solicitor made an error when drafting a deed that meant the security over an entire property was released instead of just one unit. Did that solicitor owe a duty of care to the other party who she was not representing? In this episode
Mrs Robinson was 76 years old when she got between a drug dealer and two police officers attempting to make an arrest in Huddersfield town centre. She brought a claim for the injuries she suffered against West Yorkshire police but in this episode we do
After Armes had been abused by two of her foster parents when she was growing up she brought a case against the local authority arguing that they were liable. This case split the Justices and has potential consequences for vicarious liability in the area of
Football legend Alan Shearer is taking his financial advisers to the High Court in London alleging that he was given negligent advice that gave rise to £9million worth of damages. The all-time Premier League top goalscorer also argues that the advisers who specialise in pension
Mr Gabriel went bankrupt because of a bad investment but not many things went right for him along the way. His ‘friend’ Mr Little tricked him into thinking the money would be used as part of a development project and his solicitor did not properly
Despite Winter setting in we are off to the seaside this week. After Hastings Borough Council had to shut down their pier in 2006 one of the companies who owned an amusement arcade and bingo tried to claim compensation under the Building Act 1984. However
When torts occur across national boundaries as is often the case nowadays in a globalised world there can be some dispute as to the jurisdiction that should hear the case. This was especially complicated in the context of this case where there was an exclusive
In the first three cases of 2017 the Supreme Court made some major decisions on the liability of the UK government for actions committed abroad in pursuit of the foreign policy at the time. Music from bensound.com