Commercial Client

• Changes to the Definition of HMO – Landlords Take Note

  • Posted5 November 2018

  With burgeoning numbers of students and a continuing housing shortage, residential property for letting has been a popular investment for several years. Many such investments are in houses in...

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• Debranded Goods Still Protected by Trade Mark Law

  • Posted2 November 2018

  Products sell for widely differing prices in different national markets and that creates the opportunity for goods to be transferred from a low-price market to a higher-price one – a...

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• Whistleblowing – Information or Allegation?

  • Posted30 October 2018

  In Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Management Limited v Geduld, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) established the principle that, for the purposes of the whistleblowing provisions of the Employment Rights Act...

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• VAT – ‘Pay Now, Appeal Later’ Rule Receives Supreme Court Blessing

  • Posted25 October 2018

  Unless they can show that they would suffer hardship as a result, traders who wish to challenge assessments to VAT are first required to pay, or at least deposit, the...

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• Registration of Property Owned by Foreign Entities

  • Posted22 October 2018

  Under draft legislation now in Parliament (the Registration of Overseas Entities Bill), the Government is intending to establish a register of the beneficial ownership of properties in the UK where...

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• Failure to Comply With Order Means Loss of Right to Present Oral Evidence

  • Posted18 October 2018

  When attempting to negotiate any dispute it is important to assemble fully your arguments, so that you can state your case with the greatest vigour, and to comply with any...

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