A professional firm which was notified prior to receipt of funds into its client account that beneficial entitlement to the monies had been assigned to a third party was not entitled to retain and use those funds in settlement of its fees.

A utilities company which settled a former employee’s mesothelioma claim for £250,000 is entitled to a full indemnity from insurers notwithstanding that the relevant policy only covered six of the 27 years during which the employee was exposed to asbestos, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

A ‘land-banking’ scheme through which members of the public were invited to invest in plots of land in the hope of profiting from their development potential was a ‘collective investment scheme’ within the meaning of section 235 the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and thus subject to regulation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the High Court has ruled.

Planning permission for a wind farm on the Isle of Anglesey has been quashed by the High Court on grounds that a planning inspector had no jurisdiction to grant it. Pursuant to regulation 9(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, the inspector was required to submit the plans to the Welsh Ministers for a screening opinion as to whether an environmental impact assessment (EIA) was required.

In a ruling which is bound to cause consternation in the construction and associated industries, the Court of Appeal has ruled that falls in property values that coincide with project delays can give rise to an actionable loss.

The scene has been set for a £4.5 million court struggle after the historic facade of a landmark former Methodist chapel in Bradford was seriously damaged whilst it was being converted into luxury flats.

In the context of a contractual dispute in respect of a land decontamination project, arguments that an adjudicator unlawfully restricted his own jurisdiction by treating himself as bound by another adjudicator’s previous decision have been rejected.

A father who claims that serious injuries suffered by his baby son were caused by a fall from his bouncy chair has been denied permission by the Court of Appeal to present a leading biomechanical engineering expert’s evidence in support of his case.

Sixty-nine British people who contracted a stomach bug whilst on holiday in Spain have won more than £200,000 in compensation.

The tourists visited the Beach Club Hotel in Torremolinos, Spain, between 2007 and 2008.