Commercial Client

• Unfair Dismissal – What Matters is the Decision Maker’s Mindset

  • Posted6 February 2018

  For an employee to succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, they must be able to show that their employer has acted unreasonably, and unfair conduct on the part of...

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• Charges Must Be Reasonable to be Reasonably Incurred

  • Posted2 February 2018

  The leases relating to tenancies in blocks of flats and similar buildings will normally require the tenants to make a reasonable contribution towards the ‘estate’ costs of the property. The...

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• Get it Right First Time or Face Tax Consequences

  • Posted31 January 2018

  When managing taxes, there can be few errors as expensive as failing to register for VAT if you should have done so, as a recent case shows. One area of...

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• Airline Pilot Strikes Crucial Blow for Trade Union Rights

  • Posted30 January 2018

  It has long been unlawful to refuse to employ someone because of his or her trade union membership. However, in a ground-breaking decision, a tribunal has extended that protection to...

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• Copyright Claim Success Does Not Necessarily Mean Victory

  • Posted25 January 2018

  When a man copied part of a photograph (showing the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas’s head) from a website, he probably had the commonly held (but incorrect) view that because the...

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• Act When You Think You May Have a Claim, Not When You Know For Certain

  • Posted22 January 2018

  The time to seek legal advice when you think something may be wrong is when you first have a concern, not later on when you know there is a problem....

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