Commercial Client

• 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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• Phased Building Plan Falls Foul of VAT Law

  • Posted29 September 2015

  Although VAT as a tax is based on quite tightly worded rules, it certainly has its pitfalls, especially in the property arena. In a recent case, a university was...

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• Homelessness is a Local Phenomenon

  • Posted24 September 2015

  When a homeless man from Eastbourne applied for assistance under the Housing Act 1996, the local council accepted that he met the necessary criteria. However, he did not apply for...

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• Company That Didn’t Do Homework Faces Delay and Costs

  • Posted23 September 2015

  Failing to do one’s ‘due diligence’, and in particular failing to check out the bona fides and financial stability of trading partners, can prove to be a massive mistake. In...

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