Commercial Client

• Court Defines Limits on Employers’ Vicarious Liability

  • Posted31 December 2013

  In a decision which helps to define the limits of employers’ vicarious liability for the culpable actions of their employees, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a police Chief...

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• House Used for Employee Accommodation is Business Asset

  • Posted27 December 2013

  The owner of a Chinese restaurant has succeeded in his claim that a residential property used to provide accommodation for the restaurant’s employees was a ‘business asset’ for the purposes...

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• Failure to Act Promptly Foils Claim

  • Posted23 December 2013

  One of the reasons we recommend taking advice as soon as you are aware that a problem has arisen is that time limits apply (as set out in the Limitation...

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• Social Networking and Data Protection

  • Posted20 December 2013

  If social networking is part of your firm’s marketing activity, you should be aware of the data protection implications. The Data Protection Act 1998 applies in such cases because...

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• Nurses’ Human Rights Violated by Longest Ever Disciplinary Process

  • Posted17 December 2013

  Two nurses who were found guilty of misconduct by their professional body following the longest recorded set of disciplinary proceedings have been exonerated after the High Court found that their...

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• Pension Trustee Pays Cost of Lack of Diligence

  • Posted12 December 2013

  When an unauthorised payment of £100,000 was made by a pension scheme for which a chartered accountant was responsible, he found himself facing a £15,000 fine. The accountant was...

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