Surfing legend Ross Clarke-Jones is suing Australian Survivor producers, a new report has claimed. According to The Sunday Herald Sun, the big wave surfer is taking legal action against Endemol Shine Australia, after he broke his ankle on the show during a rope challenge. The publication reports that the 53-year-old ‘is claiming damages, loss of past … Read more
Many university students are being threatened with legal action from letting agents and private landlords unless they pay for accommodation they signed up to until the end of the academic year. Others have hit a brick wall in trying to get refunds for rent already paid on digs for the summer term – sums typically … Read more
The millionaire suing the Duke and Duchess of York over claims they missed payments on their luxury chalet is a glamorous French socialite who was once a close friend, it can be revealed. Isabelle de Rouvre, who is dating French art dealer Michael Kennedy, is pursuing the couple through the courts for £6.7million. The 74-year-old … Read more
British businesses that bought insurance covering them for forced closure due to disease are set to sue insurer Hiscox for refusing to pay their coronavirus claims. The ‘Hiscox Action Group’, a collection of over 150 firms plan to take the veteran Lloyds of London insurer to court, arguing that their business interruption policies should cover … Read more
‘Dogfight’ looms as landlords start suing restaurants over unpaid rent By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 23:11 BST, 4 April 2020 Some of Britain’s biggest landlords have called in lawyers to claw back the rent that shops and restaurants have refused to pay during the lockdown, … Read more
A bowls club is suing a £10,000-a-year girls’ prep school after it refused to renew the lease on its clubhouse as elderly members can see pupils getting changed through classroom windows. Carshalton Beeches Bowling Club is taking action against Seaton House School in Sutton, Surrey at Central London County Court after the school refused to renew the … Read more
A vegan animal rights activist was wrongfully dismissed for blowing the whistle on an anti-hunting charity’s ‘unethical’ pension investments, a tribunal heard today. Jordi Casamitjana, 56, was sacked from his position as head of policy and research at the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) in April 2018 after sending an email to colleagues about alternative … Read more