Commercial Client

• Disability Discrimination – Reasonable Adjustments

  • Posted27 June 2014

  Under Section 4A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), employers had a duty to make reasonable adjustments if a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) placed a disabled worker at...

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• Web Content – Can Do and Can’t Do

  • Posted24 June 2014

  It is commonly, but erroneously, thought that if content is on the Internet it is free to copy. However, this is not the case as copyright belongs to the creator...

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• Tenant’s Fixtures Must Remain Until Lease Ends

  • Posted23 June 2014

  Often, it takes a dispute over something that is worth a lot of money to produce a judgment that clarifies the law. A recent case, involving a disagreement over a...

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• Landlord’s Service Provision Does Not Justify Tax Relief Claim

  • Posted20 June 2014

  Another tax case has shown how difficult it can be for landlords to justify a claim that their income is trading income for the purposes of claiming Business Property Relief...

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• Court of Appeal Confirms Big Picture Focus Means Big Loss

  • Posted17 June 2014

  The dangers of leaving the details of negotiations to those interested in the ‘big picture’ have been clearly illustrated by a Court of Appeal decision which has left North East...

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• New Consumer Protection Regulations – Traders Take Note

  • Posted13 June 2014

  Suppliers of goods to the public should be aware that the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 came into effect on 13 June 2014. The Regulations...

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