Commercial Client

• Succession, Retirement and Profitability Key Business Issues

  • Posted14 July 2016

  Whilst remaining profitable is the top concern for family business owners, recent research published by Close Brothers Asset Management shows that four out of the top ten worries of those...

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• Employer’s Refusal to Extend PHI Not Age Discrimination

  • Posted13 July 2016

  In a case which emphasises the importance of clarity of language when providing information on employees’ contractual entitlement to Permanent Health Insurance (PHI) benefits, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has...

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• Glee as IP Court Rules in Favour of Club Owner

  • Posted11 July 2016

  Large international corporations are well known for flexing their financial muscles and attempting to browbeat smaller companies into submission when they are in dispute. Such seemed to be the...

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• Planning Laws Can Be Used as Instruments of Social Policy

  • Posted7 July 2016

  Planning laws are about the character and appearance of the built environment but can also be instruments of social policy. In one case which proves that point, a local authority...

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• Whole Offer, Not Part, Determines Liability for Costs

  • Posted5 July 2016

  In English law, the normal rule in a contested case is that the loser pays the winner’s costs. Where an offer to settle a case is made, the rule is...

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• Company Acts to Prevent Former Employees Taking Its Business

  • Posted1 July 2016

  If you suspect a current or former employee of disloyalty, the law can move extremely quickly to help you. In one case (M&E Global (Staffing) Solutions Limited and Another v...

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