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For a patent to be valid, it is not sufficient that it is simply something new. There has to be an inventive step over the ‘prior art’, so that the...
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The Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 introduced fees for bringing a claim to the Employment Tribunal (ET) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). The stated...
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Commercial moneylending is, with good reason, heavily regulated to ensure that unfair advantage is not taken of vulnerable borrowers. In one case that made that clear, two men who provided...
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Exactly when notice of termination takes effect can impact on an employee’s entitlement to certain benefits or employment rights. In a recent case, the Court of Appeal ruled that, in...
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In October 2016, the Prime Minister commissioned Matthew Taylor, a former policy chief to Tony Blair, to look at how employment practices need to change in order to keep pace...
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The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 gives tenants of qualifying premises the right to have the landlord’s management functions transferred to a right to manage (RTM) company so that...
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