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• Are You Prepared for the Rugby World Cup?

  • Posted16 September 2015

  The Rugby World Cup 2015 begins this week, with the first match (England v Fiji) kicking off at 8:00pm on Friday. The final will take place at Twickenham on Saturday,...

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• It’s Not Over Until It’s Over

  • Posted16 September 2015

  A recent Supreme Court case illustrates the risks of not formally ‘closing down’ construction disputes, but simply sitting on your hands after an arbitration settlement that seems acceptable. A...

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• IR35 Reform – Discussion Paper Launched

  • Posted15 September 2015

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) introduced the IR35 rules in order to prevent ‘one-person’ companies from avoiding the payment of National Insurance Contributions by taking their remuneration in the form...

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• Entering Into a Partnership? Get it in Writing!

  • Posted10 September 2015

  Business partners who failed to define their working relationship in writing – instead reaching agreements orally over bottles of red wine in a pub – paid the price when a...

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• TUPE – Organised Grouping of Employees

  • Posted7 September 2015

  A service provision change under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) takes place when, immediately before the change, there is an ‘organised grouping’ of employees that...

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• Counterfeit Goods Couple to Forfeit £1.5 Million

  • Posted2 September 2015

  To many people, buying or selling a ‘knock-off copy’ of a branded item may seem a relatively minor matter but, given that brand owners invest billions of pounds annually in...

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