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Rushing into litigation with insufficient preparation and without taking advice can have unfortunate consequences. This simple fact was demonstrated when the owners of a restaurant, who claimed that their business...
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Anyone who files a VAT return will know that for some time HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have insisted that these are filed online. This presents particular challenges for...
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A recent intellectual property case has again illustrated the principle that the courts are unlikely to accept that geographical terms ‘belong’ to a particular business. It involved the launch...
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In a case on whether or not it was reasonable for an employee at risk of redundancy to refuse an offer of suitable alternative employment (Readman v Devon Primary Care...
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The pitfalls of not getting documentation exactly right have become all too clear for a lender following a recent Court of Appeal hearing. The case arose because the lender...
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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced that the extension of the right to request flexible working arrangements to all employees who have completed 26 weeks’ qualifying service...
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