Commercial Client

• Acas Early Conciliation Scheme Goes Live

  • Posted8 May 2014

  Employers are reminded that the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Early Conciliation (EC) scheme went live on 6 May 2014. It is now compulsory for anyone wishing to bring...

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• Conducting an Equal Pay Audit

  • Posted7 May 2014

  Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer must give a woman who is doing work equal to that of a man in the same employment equal treatment as regards the...

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• Relief as Landlords Can Again Look to Administrators for Rent

  • Posted6 May 2014

  When a company enters administration, the expenses it has incurred prior to the administration have a different status from the expenses incurred by the administrators. These latter expenses are in...

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• 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 Under the Equality Act 2010, which superseded the Race Relations...

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