Commercial Client

• Third Party Harassment Revisited

  • Posted7 February 2014

  With effect from 1 October 2013, the third party harassment provisions contained in Section 40 of the Equality Act 2010 have been repealed. The provisions made employers liable for...

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• Court Gives Trade Mark Owner Frosty Reception

  • Posted4 February 2014

  When a Canadian company decided to make a new attempt to enter the British market in 2008 with its range of washroom products, it registered its trade marks (carrying the...

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• Changes to the TUPE Regulations

  • Posted31 January 2014

  The Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 came into force on 31 January 2014. They amend the provisions relating to collective redundancies in the...

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• No Compensation for Consequential Losses

  • Posted30 January 2014

  Cases arising from the damage done by rioters during the 2011 riots are now beginning to come to court. Recently, one such case was decided concerning the extent of...

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• HAVS Prosecutions Ring Warning Bell for Employers

  • Posted29 January 2014

  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently launched a series of prosecutions against employers for failing to ensure that adequate measures were taken to minimise workers’ exposure to vibration...

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• SDLT Avoidance Scheme Fails

  • Posted27 January 2014

  Although some law is ‘common law’ and some effectively the result of decisions of the courts, when law is in written form, the exact meaning of the words used is...

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