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  • Oil exploration is a risky business and industry contracts commonly make provision for unforeseen events that interrupt production – known to lawyers as ‘force majeure’. Force majeure clauses are common...

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  • EU Directive 92/85/EEC is aimed at protecting the health and safety of women in the workplace who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are still breastfeeding. Under UK law...

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  • Collecting debts is often a long and arduous process, but the use of bankruptcy proceedings can be an effective means of bringing matters to a head. That was certainly so...

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  • When is a Year More Than a Year?

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    When a landlord appointed agents to manage properties in London, it did so under an agreement for 12 months, which was specified to continue on a yearly basis until terminated...

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  • Asset Freezing Can be Costly

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    Asset freezing injunctions can be a crucial tool in commercial litigation – but applying for them is not for the faint-hearted. If a freezing order is granted, it can be...

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  • In Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the fact that the claimant was employed under a zero-hours contract did not mean that his contract...

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