“The UK’s advertising regulator has re-issued guidance on the use of digital enhancements in cosmetic ads after recently ruling two such ads were misleading.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A ‘dictatorial’ carer who bullied an elderly auctioneer who sold the Duchess of Windsor’s jewellery lost a court battle for a £2.3million share of his fortune after she was condemned as a brazen liar by a judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A conman who stole more than £120,000 from customers who thought they were renting holiday villas has been ordered to repay just £1.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“IT companies will not have to conduct a total overhaul of their sales processes in the aftermath of a long-awaited court ruling this week, a technology law expert has said. The ruling focused on the dishonesty of one employee, not a whole company.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A financier who bought a £1.9m family home on the banks of the Thames is taking the previous owners to court, claiming they failed to warn him that the garden flooded as many as 80 times a year.”
The Independent, 27th January 2010
Source; www.independent.co.uk
“BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster, won a landmark court ruling yesterday against an information technology supplier that it had accused of lying to win a £50 million tender.”
The Times, 27th January 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One jurisdiction clause in one of hundreds of pages of documents cannot govern the whole agreement because no company acting in a normal commercial way would think that it would, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The managing director of a local authority did not mislead her employer when she failed to tell them that she had suffered from depression, the High Court has ruled. She will not have to repay the nearly £1 million claimed from her by the council.”
Full story
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former council chief executive had her mental health ‘cruelly broken’ by her former employer which accused her of lying about her medical condition on her job application and pursued her through the courts, her husband said yesterday.”
The Independent, 16th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A council has lost its High Court case against a former managing director after claiming she withheld a history of depressive illness.”
BBC News, 15th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of Britain’s most successful City traders, who was fooled into thinking he was making millions when he was really suffering huge losses, has been awarded £20 million after a judge ruled that his broker defrauded him.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Trident Turboprop (Dublin) Ltd v First Flight Couriers Ltd
Court of Appeal
“International supply contracts which excluded liability for misrepresentation and the right to rescind were not subject to the requirement of reasonableness.”
The Times, 15th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A consultant at law firm Hammonds advised a businessman on a $14 million company purchase while simultaneously receiving secret payments to work for the seller, a court heard today.”
The Times, 11th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former QC raised a civil case in court today against the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, accusing it of concealing the state of its finances.”
The Independent, 18th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A local authority accused its former managing director of fraudulent behaviour and deceit yesterday, claiming that she withheld her history of depressive illness when applying for the job.”
The Times, 28th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Elements of kidnapping were not made out
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The offence of kidnapping was not committed by a defendant who fraudulently induced a person to make a journey which did not deprive him of his liberty.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R v. Hendy-Freegard [2007] EWCA Crim 1236
“The offence of kidnapping was not committed where a defendant, by a fraudulent misrepresentation, induced a person to make a journey which did not deprive him of his liberty.”
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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