The High Court has ruled that a restaurant manager was entitled to be a director and shareholder of a new business he had set up with a married couple. He was also entitled to payments as specified in a contract agreed by both sides. The manager had run a restaurant from premises which were held
Two directors have been granted permission to continue running their companies despite being disqualified for breaching regulations. The court accepted that they were essential for the continuation of their business and hundreds of jobs could be a risk if they were not allowed remain at the helm. The case involved two directors of a company
A firm of consultants were entitled to a large fee for introducing a client to an insurance company even thought there was no specific contract. The law allowed for a fair payment to be implied in the business agreement. That was the decision of the High Court in a case involving Premia Marketing Ltd v
The High Court has upheld an adjudication award made to a construction firm following a contract dispute involving allegations of defective work. The case involved Davis Construction (South East) Ltd v Sanzen Investments Ltd. Davis had been engaged by Sanzen to construct 25 residential units under a JCT design and build contract. Clause 9 provided
A father has been granted access to information concerning the family businesses of which he was a director. The issue arose because he was in dispute with his son and daughter-in-law, who were also directors. The family business comprised of companies that operated residential care homes. The father and mother established and ran it on
The High Court has ruled that two directors breached their legal duties when they used company property to fund their pensions. The case involved a company that had been incorporated in 1998 to take over a volunteer-run project that renovated and resold donated furniture. In 2001 the company bought a property as its premises. Some
A firm of interior designers have won a contract dispute over unpaid invoices for their work refurbishing a hotel requiring a “luxurious 5-star feel”. The case involved Phoenix Interior Design Ltd v Henley Homes plc. Henley engaged Phoenix to provide interior design services, furniture and fittings for a new apartment hotel in Scotland. The brief
As we start to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, we address at some of the issues which have arisen for our commercial property, corporate and employment clients in the manufacturing sector and what this may mean for the industry as a whole going forward. To download the document, please click here https://www.machins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Legal-Implications-in-the-Manufacturing-Sector.pdf
The High Court has upheld a marketing company’s restrictive covenant preventing its sales advisors from competing with it for a six-month period. The case involved Credico Marketing Ltd v Lambert. Credico provided direct marketing services which were conducted by independent sale advisors (ISAs) by methods such as door-to-door sales. It did not contract directly with
A broker who traded while insolvent and took money from her company for herself while failing to pay creditors £140,000 has been disqualified for seven years. Kathleen Shepherd, aged 58, from Southampton, was the sole director of Shepherd Site Services Limited, a company which acted as a broker to provide waste management services to the