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A drinks company has been ordered to pay damages of £8m to a licensee following a breach of contract. The case involved a dispute over cordial and carbonated drinks. The parties had an agreement that the licensee could produce and distribute the products in Pakistan for a period of five years. The licensee spent a
Two company directors have been disqualified after their firm breached the terms of an invoice discounting agreement (IDA). The company had entered into the IDA with the bank after falling into financial difficulty. The directors, one whom was the managing director, breached the IDA by re-aging some of the invoices to give the impression that
A care home company has successfully stopped one of its former franchisees setting up a rival business and competing for the same clients. The case involved a company that operated several franchises. It also managed various care home branches of its own. One particular franchisee felt that he wasn’t being given enough support by the
A cleaning company has been granted an interim injunction preventing former franchisees from competing with it until disputed issues can be dealt with in court. The company made the move to block two franchisees from competing for the same business in Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire. The franchise agreement had been terminated, although it was disputed
A property developer who breached his legal duties by failing to spend an investor’s money correctly has been ordered to make a full repayment. The case involved a property developer and an investor who agreed to set up a golf course in France. The investor provided £500,000 to get the project started in July, 2007.
A pressure group has lost an appeal to prevent wind turbines being built next to an area of natural beauty. A planning inspector had approved an application from a developer to build the turbines. He found that they would provide a useful contribution to the area which had a shortfall of renewable energy. He was
What is defamation? A defamatory statement is where one person damages a person’s good name without lawful justification or excuse. When a defamatory statement is in writing it is libel and when a defamatory statement is made orally, it is slander. The changes brought in under the Defamation Act of 2013, including the new requirement
The firm was employed to design and build a road outside an airport. Construction work was slow and repeatedly delayed because of bad weather and unexpected issues. The main interruption was because of soil and groundwater contamination on site. When already two years behind schedule, the construction firm stopped working on the road in December
However, there has to be evidence of unlawful behaviour as opposed to the majority shareholders simply conducting business in a way contrary to the wishes of the minority. A recent case before the High Court involved a businessman who was a minority shareholder in an aviation company. He claimed that he had bought his shares