Commercial Client

• Identification Blunder Stymies Leaseholders’ Hopes

  • Posted3 July 2014

  Leaseholders who wanted to take over management of their own flats had their hopes dashed after the Upper Tribunal (UT) ruled that misidentification of the landlord on a crucial document...

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• Court Underlines Duty of Candour in Contract Negotiations

  • Posted2 July 2014

  A lack of candour in contractual negotiations can lead to grave financial consequences, as was shown when an event management company that lost its only customer four months after signing...

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• Employees’ Right to Request Flexible Working Arrangements

  • Posted30 June 2014

  From 30 June 2014, all employees have the right to ask their employer for a change to their contractual terms and conditions of employment so that they can work flexibly,...

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• 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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