Commercial Client

• Financial Ombudsman Service Remit to be Extended to Cover More Small Businesses

  • Posted24 January 2019

  The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) exists to deal with complaints between financial service businesses (such as banks, insurance brokers, and loan and mortgage providers) and their customers – some of...

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• Tenancy or Licence? Security Company Wins Possession Order

  • Posted23 January 2019

  The distinction between tenancies and licences to occupy premises is crucial but not always easy to draw. A High Court case where this proved central concerned an agreement by which...

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• Small Business Data Protection Law Compliance Checklist

  • Posted21 January 2019

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) publishes a great deal of useful information for all organisations on data protection and compliance with data protection law. The ICO has recently updated...

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• Employee Copyright Agreement Achieved Legitimate Aim

  • Posted18 January 2019

  Many employers require their staff to sign copyright agreements by which they give up their intellectual property rights to designs or other works created in the course of their employment....

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• All Change for VAT on Vouchers

  • Posted15 January 2019

  If your business issues vouchers, you should be aware that the VAT regime will change significantly on 1 January 2019. From that time, the VAT treatment of a voucher...

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• Late Appeal is Void Appeal for Property Owner

  • Posted10 January 2019

  When the owner of a property that had been designated as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) by his local council in 2001 chose to challenge that ruling some 15...

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