Commercial Client

• Tax Unpaid – What Might Happen?

  • Posted1 May 2014

  Taxpayers know well that when tax is unpaid, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can make life difficult. Leaving aside the interest and penalty regimes for non-payment, HMRC are also by...

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• Court Clears Way for Claim Against Cartel Members

  • Posted28 April 2014

  A company that had been party to an international price fixing cartel and was fined by the EU Competition Commission for its breach of competition law was subsequently sued by...

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• EAT Gives Guidance on Burden of Proof in Discrimination Cases

  • Posted25 April 2014

  Over the years, case law regarding the burden of proof in race discrimination claims has led to much confusion. Under the Equality Act 2010, which superseded the Race Relations...

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• Principle, Not Technicalities, Crucial in Landlord’s Notice

  • Posted23 April 2014

  Professional landlords are well aware of the complexities they can face when giving notice to tenants that they require possession of the let premises. Because of the rather tortuous...

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• Repackaging Setback for Pharmaceutical Vendor

  • Posted22 April 2014

  The law on ‘grey’ or ‘parallel’ importing, especially of products that are sold under different names (such as many pharmaceuticals) has a balancing act to perform. On the one hand,...

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• Director Counts Cost of Preferential Payments

  • Posted17 April 2014

  Company directors should know that as well as their duties to shareholders, they also have a duty under both common and statute law to protect the interests of creditors. When...

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