Commercial Client

• Use Not Ownership Determines VAT Status

  • Posted1 March 2016

  It is well known that building work can be standard rated or, if it meets one of the exemptions in the Value Added Tax Act 1994, Section 30, Schedule 8,...

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• Lack of Research Causes Trade Mark Woe

  • Posted25 February 2016

  Recent cases show the importance of being in possession of all the relevant facts and carrying out thorough research before making a trade mark application or taking action to protect...

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• Are Your Anti-Money Laundering Procedures Compliant?

  • Posted24 February 2016

  It might be thought by many that money laundering is an esoteric crime that is practised only by professionals in positions of authority or influence, but this is not so....

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• EAT Rules on Holiday Pay and Unearned Commission

  • Posted23 February 2016

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has handed down its judgment in Lock v British Gas Trading Limited and Others, upholding the decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) that domestic legislation...

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• TUPE Service Provision Changes – Short-Term Arrangements

  • Posted22 February 2016

  Under Regulation 3(3)(a)(ii) of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), TUPE does not apply where immediately before a service provision change the client intends that the...

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• Administrative Error Does Not Quash Planning Application

  • Posted19 February 2016

  Basement extensions have become hugely controversial, particularly in Central London, and that was certainly so in one case in which the French Government tried to block such a development in...

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