Commercial Client

• £2.8 Million Fines for Competition Law Breaches

  • Posted19 September 2013

  There are signs that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is taking an increasing interest in breaches of competition law resulting from competitors sharing price-sensitive information with one another. ...

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• Fine for Death Highlights Need for Safety Compliance

  • Posted16 September 2013

  Network Rail has been fined £450,000 after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and will face a substantial claim for damages following the 2010 death of a...

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• Coffee Capsule Patent Claim Fails

  • Posted13 September 2013

  Coffee-making machines using disposable ‘capsules’ of raw ingredients are becoming increasingly popular, so a row between two manufacturers of such systems was always on the cards. In the dispute,...

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• Government Responds to TUPE Consultation

  • Posted12 September 2013

  The Government has published its response to the consultation on proposed changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). The service provision amendments introduced in...

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• Property Letting a Business for Rollover Relief, Rules Tribunal

  • Posted11 September 2013

  Capital Gains Tax ‘rollover relief’ allows a capital gain made on the realisation of a business asset to be postponed if the proceeds of sale of the asset on which...

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• Unfair Dismissal – Final Warnings

  • Posted10 September 2013

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled (Simmonds v Milford Club) that if the facts of a case give an Employment Tribunal (ET) reason to believe that a material previous...

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