Commercial Client

• Rights to Light – Proposed Changes in the Law

  • Posted20 February 2015

  The right to light has always been a complex and confusing area of law in the UK. In order to bring more certainty to the subject, the Law Commission undertook...

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• Shared Parental Leave – Eligibility Calculator

  • Posted20 February 2015

  Parents-to-be whose babies are due on or after 5 April 2015 are reminded that they can start sharing up to 50 weeks of parental leave, provided they are eligible to...

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• Heathrow Airport Beautician ‘Not an Employee’, Court Rules

  • Posted17 February 2015

  Those who offer their personal services through their own private companies may achieve tax advantages; however, a Court of Appeal decision in the case of an airport beautician has underlined...

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• Terms of Engagement Determine Liability for Advice, Rules Court

  • Posted12 February 2015

  When a firm of accountants approached a client regarding investing in a management buyout (MBO) that needed finance, the end result was that the client lent the company set up...

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• Broad Brush Needed in Family IP Dispute

  • Posted11 February 2015

  Disagreements between family members are often bitter, and this can lead to time, effort and expense being incurred which is disproportionate to the importance of the dispute when it concerns...

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• Employer Not Responsible for Abuse of Union Activist

  • Posted9 February 2015

  A mental health nurse who was subjected to disgraceful abuse by colleagues in the midst of a bitter falling out between rival trade unions has failed to convince the Employment...

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