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A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has emphasised that dishonesty over sickness absence can amount to gross misconduct and give grounds for dismissal (Metroline West Limited v...
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Precision is important, as a recent tax case shows. It involved a claim for entrepreneur’s relief (ER) by a businessman who had sold his shares in his company. The...
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Increasing public disquiet over the use of ‘tax haven’ companies and trusts to disguise the beneficial ownership of businesses and properties has led to the Government taking steps to improve...
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One of the ways by which a business can obtain recompense for the breach of its intellectual property (IP) rights is to make the infringing organisation account to it for...
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When is a commercial lease surrendered? In one guideline case, the High Court has ruled that neither returning the keys, nor changing the locks, nor putting a property on the...
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A local authority employee who complained that his job description did not match his duties and that he was substantially underpaid for the work he in fact did has had...
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