Commercial Client

• Is Your Smoking Policy Up to Date?

  • Posted7 May 2015

  A recent Employment Tribunal (ET) case (Insley v Accent Catering) is a reminder of the importance of keeping workplace policies and procedures abreast of current innovations as well as developments...

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• Failure to Assign Lease Leaves Tenant Liable

  • Posted5 May 2015

  Termination or assignment of commercial leases can have many pitfalls, so cases involving tenants who wish to, or do, vacate let premises abound in the courts. A recent case...

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• Problems With Warranties on Business Sales

  • Posted1 May 2015

  When a company’s shares are sold and the business continues, it is usual for some form of warranty to be given with regard to the accuracy of any information provided...

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• Collective Redundancy Consultation and the Meaning of ‘Establishment’

  • Posted30 April 2015

  Under Section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, employers have a duty to consult with appropriate representatives of employees concerning forthcoming redundancies if 20 or...

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• Deluxe Not Distinctive

  • Posted29 April 2015

  Lidl has had an application to have ‘Deluxe’ registered as a Community Trade Mark rejected on the ground that it is not sufficiently distinctive in character to warrant trade mark...

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• University Fellow Can Pursue Victimisation Complaints

  • Posted27 April 2015

  A former university research fellow, who claims that she was victimised by her bosses for making a sex discrimination complaint to an Employment Tribunal (ET), has had her hopes of...

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