Commercial Client

• Re-Engagement of Unfairly Dismissed Workers – EAT Gives Guidance

  • Posted20 March 2017

  An Employment Tribunal (ET) has the power to direct reinstatement of a worker who has been unfairly dismissed or their re-engagement in another appropriate role. However, as one case involving...

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• Corner Shops Under Residential Development Pressure

  • Posted17 March 2017

  Convenience stores are a common sight on urban street corners and provide a much valued service, but they are vulnerable given the ever increasing demand for more new homes. In...

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• New Rules to Prevent Corporate E-Signatures

  • Posted15 March 2017

  The law has tried to play ‘catch up’ with the increasing sophistication of cyber-crime since the advent of the Internet, and new EU regulations implemented in the UK as the...

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• Branded Goods Sold Without Authority Can Lead to Prosecution

  • Posted14 March 2017

  It is well known that the sale of counterfeit goods is a criminal offence and prosecutions are by no means unusual. A recent case looked at the position in which...

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• EAT Criticises Perfunctory Treatment of Sacked Property Manager

  • Posted9 March 2017

  In a recent case (Thomas v BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory and Property Management UK Limited), a senior property management company employee who was made redundant in an insensitive and...

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• Doing a Deal? Professional Drafting Avoids Costly Ambiguity!

  • Posted6 March 2017

  There is little point in agreeing to settle a legal dispute if the wording of the deal is so ambiguous that it simply creates further scope for disagreement. In one...

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