Commercial Client

• Claim Denied for Unmonitored Alarm

  • Posted29 October 2015

  A recent case highlights the changes that will be coming into effect next year when the Insurance Act 2015 comes into force, reducing the number of ‘technical’ defences that can...

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• Employee’s Dismissal for Facebook Abuse Was Fair

  • Posted28 October 2015

  A canal worker who was sacked for gross misconduct after he was found to have used a string of offensive expletives to describe his managers on Facebook has lost his...

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• Environmental Impact Procedures: No Shortcuts Allowed, Rules Court

  • Posted26 October 2015

  When a proposal for a development that included a lorry park and two silos was made that had the potential to lead to pollution of a river which is in...

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• Supreme Court Guidance on Rating of Office Blocks

  • Posted22 October 2015

  Yet another case concerning liability of commercial premises for business rates has worked its way through the courts recently – in this instance, all the way to the Supreme Court. ...

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• Collective Redundancy Consultation – Update

  • Posted22 October 2015

  In United States of America v Nolan, the Supreme Court has ruled that the US Government did have collective redundancy consultation obligations with regard to civilian workers during the closure...

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• The Consumer Rights Act 2015 – Changes to Unfair Contract Terms Legislation

  • Posted21 October 2015

  Businesses that deal with members of the public are reminded that the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which received the Royal Assent on 26 March, became law on 1 October 2015....

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