Commercial Client

• Treating Every Employee in the Same Way May Itself Be Discriminatory

  • Posted8 December 2023

  Anti-discrimination laws are often viewed as requiring employers to treat all their staff in the same way. However, as an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling made plain, the positive duty to...

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• Quarry Owner Hit Hard in the Pocket for Causing Noise and Dust Nuisance

  • Posted6 December 2023

  Some industrial processes simply cannot be carried on without producing noise and dust. As a High Court ruling showed, however, commercial property owners may be required to pay a high...

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• Registering a Trade Mark is the Best Way to Protect Your Valuable Brand

  • Posted5 December 2023

  Having worked hard to establish the reputation of your product, there is nothing more annoying than a competitor marketing rival goods under a confusingly similar name. As a High Court...

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• Contract Adjudicators’ Decisions Must Be Honoured Promptly – No Ifs, No Buts

  • Posted30 November 2023

  Those who willingly submit contract disputes to adjudication must, save in very exceptional cases, honour the outcome without delay – no ifs, no buts. The High Court resoundingly made that...

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• Not Every Procedural Defect Will Render a Dismissal Unfair – Guideline Ruling

  • Posted27 November 2023

  Deficiencies in a workplace disciplinary procedure will very often render a dismissal unfair – but not always. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) made that point in finding that a hospital...

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• Retail Tenant Forced to Relocate Receives Compensation for Permanent Loss of Profit

  • Posted22 November 2023

  When retail premises are compulsorily purchased by public authorities and forced to relocate, to what extent should compensation be paid for any resulting permanent loss of profit? The Upper Tribunal...

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