Commercial Client

• HMRC to be Given Powers to Enforce Payment

  • Posted24 July 2014

  Under proposals outlined in the recent Budget, from 2015 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are to be given new powers to access the bank accounts of ‘tax debtors’ in order...

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• Design Law to Make Copying a Crime

  • Posted21 July 2014

  One of the less well reported changes contained in the Intellectual Property Act 2014 is that the commercial exploitation of a registered design without the design owner’s permission will become...

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• Consequential Loss Compensation Claim for Riot Losses Succeeds

  • Posted18 July 2014

  Businesses that suffered consequential losses in the London riots in 2011 (and their insurers) will welcome the Court of Appeal’s decision that where loss is due to riot, the amount...

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• Government Abolishes the Sick Pay Reclaim Scheme

  • Posted16 July 2014

  The Government’s decision to abolish, with effect from 6 April 2014, the statutory sick pay (SSP) percentage threshold scheme, whereby employers could, in certain circumstances, reclaim SSP paid to employees...

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• New Competition Law Has Real Teeth

  • Posted15 July 2014

  Under the old law relating to cartels, it was necessary to prove dishonest intent in order to obtain a criminal conviction when companies engaged in price fixing, market manipulation, bid...

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• Electronic Services – Get Ready for New VAT Rules

  • Posted11 July 2014

  If you supply electronic products (telecommunications, broadcasting and e-services) to non-business customers through online sales, you should start thinking about how you will comply with the new VAT ‘place of...

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