On 1 April 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that Morrisons is not vicariously liable for its employee’s criminal act of leaking payroll data of nearly 100,000 colleagues.
The Court overturned the 2018 Court of Appeal judgment which held Morrisons indirectly responsible for Mr Skelton’s acts, even though he committed them outside of work. The judgment, if upheld, would have
The judgment of Mr Justice Griffiths in this case has provided some helpful guidelines as to the basis on which costs can be awarded on an indemnity basis to a successful party. It serves as a warning to parties seeking to avoid engaging in attempts to settle a dispute by Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
In this case, judgment had previously
Pubs and restaurants are now able to operate as hot food takeaways under changes to permitted development rules brought into force on 24 March 2020.
The Town and Country Planning Act (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2020 follows a series of announcements by the Government to support businesses forced to close amid the current so-called “lockdown”.
Previously, planning permission
Forfeiture is a means for a landlord to determine a commercial lease upon the occurrence of specific events resulting from the actions/inactions of the tenant.
In standard leases, forfeiture is engaged when (after the period of 21 days has expired from the start of the specific event):
In committee stage in the Commons on 23 March, an amendment was made bringing in a new clause which deals with local authority meetings.
Summary of clause:
Whilst the eyes of the world’s media focus on daily increases in the number of Coronavirus cases and the emergency measures being taken by national governments to combat its transmission, little attention has been paid to the impact of the virus on construction and commercial projects. Although the economic scale of the crisis is impossible to predict with any
