If you think that your business is safe from lawsuits and other legal disputes because it isn’t in the financial industry or is of a small size; you couldn’t be more wrong. In today’s society, any and all types of business can be sued by disgruntled customers or unsatisfied business associates. By providing a service …
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Government plans to abolish retirement age could create rise in tribunal cases
As the government announces radical new plans to scrap the age of retirement for UK workers – currently set at age 65 – many firms are worried that they may now face an increase in employment tribunal claims. In response to increased life expectancy in the UK, and also as a response to the view …
Professional indemnity insurance explained
Professional Indemnity Insurance is vital to any business that provides advice based upon their knowledge or expertise. Whether this cover is a regulatory obligation or a means to maintain your professional reputation (or both) it’s cover that has to be arranged correctly to protect you from a variety of professional claims. Read our information pages …
Apple sued over alleged iPad overheating issues
Apple’s legal team are likely to be taking another battering this week as it is revealed that yet another lawsuit has been filed against the company. The complaint this time is over the newly released super-gadget, the iPad, which has been selling in its millions. In a lawsuit filed in California last week, three plaintiffs …
American Airlines disputes lost baggage lawsuit
In a move likely to add to their legal bills and increase their professional indemnity insurance (if any) American Airlines is disputing the charges brought against it in a recent lawsuit over a lost bag. Danielle Covarrubias is suing the airline for failure to deliver her luggage on time, and for refusing to refund a …
Disqualified mechanic crashes customer car
Just weeks after losing his licence, a mechanic at a garage in Aberdeen crashed a customer’s car into another vehicle. Garage worker Charles Munro, 26, took the Ford Focus Ghia – owned by Susan Cruickshank and her husband Richard – for a test drive after working on fixing the brakes. The test drive ended in …
A new approach to insurance regulation
The Government has today published its consultation proposals for reforming regulatory structures in the UK. This consultation builds on the announcement made on 16 June by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne that the Government had decided to give the Bank of England control of macro-prudential regulation and oversight of microprudential regulation. In that …
Vodafone coughs up $1.93 billion to settle European tax lawsuit
Although one of the biggest mobile phone corporations in the world – one which is bound to have a weighty professional indemnity insurance policy – the verdict of a recent lawsuit shows that Vodafone is still subject to European tax laws. The company has agreed to pay $1.93 billion (£1.25 billion) to settle a taxation …
Ex-employee awarded £3,000 in age discrimination case
A woman who claims that her employer discriminated against her on the grounds of her age has been awarded more than £3,000 by an employment tribunal. Anna Stirrup, who was 50 at the time the complaint was made, used to work at Summers Dry Cleaners in Cookstown. She was a shop manager who worked five …
Search engine Baidu sues domain register for hack attack
It has recently been revealed that Chinese search engine Baidu, the third largest in the world, will be proceeding with its professional negligence claim against its domain register, Register.com. Baidu is suing Register following a hacking attack on their account last January by a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army. The hackers apparently contacted …
