Commercial Client

• Repayment of Flight and Training Costs Fair

  • Posted29 January 2015

  When a Polish au pair was dismissed by her employers, they demanded repayment of the air fares and training costs they had incurred. This was in accordance with the...

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• BYOD Guidance

  • Posted26 January 2015

  Guidance from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure and the UK’s National Technical Authority for Information Assurance highlights some of the aspects organisations must consider when adopting a...

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• Cash-Flow Problems Excused Late Tax Payments

  • Posted23 January 2015

  In a decision which will give some comfort to many hard-pressed businesses, a tax tribunal has ruled that a small company’s unexpected cash-flow problems provided a ‘reasonable excuse’ for its...

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• Employment Tribunal Treated Psychotic Litigant Unfairly

  • Posted20 January 2015

  A litigant who was in the grip of a psychotic episode when he turned up an hour late to an Employment Tribunal (ET) hearing – only to discover that his...

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• Property Dispute Imposes Heavy Cost Penalty for Couple

  • Posted15 January 2015

  A recent claim for negligence against a firm of architects, which resulted in a five-day court hearing, has led to a couple rueing their decision to litigate a dispute. ...

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• Government Publishes Guidance on the ‘Fit for Work’ Service

  • Posted14 January 2015

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published guidance for employers and employees on the new ‘Fit for Work’ service, originally referred to as the Health and Work Service,...

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