Commercial Client

• Swift Justice Sees Director Receive £105,000 Bill

  • Posted22 November 2016

  It is regrettably not unheard of for directors to flout their duties and help themselves to company money to which they are not entitled. However, one High Court case showed...

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• TUPE – No Service Provision Change to Commercial Bus Company

  • Posted21 November 2016

  In a recent case (CT Plus (Yorkshire) CIC v Black and Others), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) provided important guidance on the operation of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...

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• Delay Not Fatal in Resisting Landlord

  • Posted17 November 2016

  When a commercial tenant fails to pay rent due, the landlord can take legal action to terminate the lease or can ‘peaceably re-enter’ the premises and take possession of them....

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• Fake BMW Goods Lead to Jail

  • Posted15 November 2016

  Recent jail terms for the counterfeiting of goods, after a financial investigation by the Intellectual Property Office, show clearly the dangers of dealing in goods which are counterfeit or breach...

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• No VAT Liability if No Taxable Supplies: True or False?

  • Posted11 November 2016

  Many businesses engaged in the provision of ‘exempt’ supplies for VAT purposes (such as healthcare or financial services) or those with a turnover below the VAT registration threshold (currently £83,000...

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• Indirect Sex Discrimination and the Employer’s Legitimate Business Aims

  • Posted9 November 2016

  Under Section 19 of the Equality Act 2010, a female employee will succeed in a claim of indirect sex discrimination if she can show that her employer has applied a...

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