Commercial Client

• Government Issues Guidance on Zero Hours Contracts

  • Posted19 October 2015

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has issued guidance explaining what zero hours contracts are and how they should be used. This provides information on: how...

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• Fit for Work

  • Posted16 October 2015

  Employers are reminded that, as of 22 July 2015, GPs across England and Wales can make referrals to the Fit for Work service, so you may be contacted by the...

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• Corporate Flat Tenant Scores Right of Way Victory

  • Posted13 October 2015

  Rights of way can be a source of burning grievance, and that was certainly so in one case in which a town council’s treatment of a company in respect of...

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• Omitted Takings Affect Share Valuation, Rules Court

  • Posted8 October 2015

  A recent case on company valuation may well end up being of great interest to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as well as the two directors involved. It concerned a...

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• How Do Holiday and Sick Leave Interact? Tribunal Gives Guidance

  • Posted5 October 2015

  The interaction between sick leave and annual holiday leave poses a tricky problem for employers. In Plumb v Duncan Print Group Limited, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has clarified the...

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• Similarity of Name Proves Costly for Home Furnisher

  • Posted2 October 2015

  When companies operating in the same field use similar names, the result can be legal fireworks. That was certainly so in the case of rival furniture retailers, one of which...

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