Commercial Client

• Mediation Not Always a Panacea

  • Posted1 October 2014

  In a case which revealed that alternative dispute resolution is not always a panacea, the Court of Appeal has lamented the ‘melancholy fact’ that the parties to an apparently commonplace...

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• Guidance on Service of Employment Proceedings on Foreign States

  • Posted29 September 2014

  In the unusual case of Embassy of Brazil v De Castro Cerqueira, which raised novel issues relating to the service of employment proceedings on foreign sovereign states, a worker who...

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• HMRC Can Require Disclosure at Request of Foreign Tax Authorities

  • Posted26 September 2014

  When the Australian Tax Office (ATO) made a request to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for information about a number of UK companies, HMRC was happy to comply with the...

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• Supreme Court Guidance on Town or Village Greens

  • Posted23 September 2014

  In an important victory for developers, which also represents a serious blow to those committed to preserving open spaces for public recreation, a campaigner has failed to convince the Supreme...

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• ‘Greek’ is a Geographical Term, Not a Style

  • Posted18 September 2014

  The Court of Appeal has concluded that a product description which contains a geographical term can constitute ‘passing off’ if the product does not in fact come from the place...

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• Maternity Leave and Surrogacy

  • Posted17 September 2014

  The purpose of EU Directive 92/85EC – the Pregnant Workers Directive – is ‘to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have...

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