Commercial Client

• Retail Worker Sacked for Smoking at Work Succeeds in Unfair Dismissal Claim

  • Posted5 October 2023

  Even where employees have committed gross misconduct, dismissing them may be unreasonable. An Employment Tribunal (ET) made that point in the case of a store supervisor who was sacked for...

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• High Court Aids Professional Firm Targeted in Ransomware Cyberattack

  • Posted2 October 2023

  For businesses dealing with confidential client data, malware attacks by those intent on blackmail can represent an existential disaster. However, as a High Court ruling showed, there is a great...

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• Authorised Push Payment Frauds – Bank Succeeds in Supreme Court Test

  • Posted27 September 2023

  Banks are contractually bound to follow their clients’ instructions and are not obliged to concern themselves with the wisdom or risk of their payment decisions. The point was made in...

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• Commercial Landlords Hit Hard in Gym Clubs’ COVID-19 Restructuring

  • Posted22 September 2023

  The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the restructuring of numerous businesses and that can mean commercial landlords having to take severe financial haircuts. That was certainly so in the case of...

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• Does Aesthetic Treatment of Physical Appearance Amount to ‘Medical Care’?

  • Posted18 September 2023

  Aesthetic treatments can transform clients’ psychological wellbeing, boosting their self-esteem and confidence in their appearance – but do they amount to ‘medical care’ for VAT purposes? The First-tier Tribunal (FTT)...

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• Did European Works Councils Survive Brexit? ‘Yes’ Rules the Court of Appeal

  • Posted14 September 2023

  Under European law, substantial undertakings operating within the EU are required to set up European Works Councils (EWCs) to facilitate employee consultation – but did EWCs previously established by UK...

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