Commercial Client

• Employment Tribunal Fees

  • Posted28 June 2013

  From 29 July 2013, bringing an Employment Tribunal (ET) claim will no longer be free of charge. From that date, the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees...

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• Administration Charge for Sub-Letting Consent is Reasonable

  • Posted26 June 2013

  In an important decision for residential landlords, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled that it is legitimate to levy reasonable administration charges (£165 in this case) on tenants to cover...

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• Fragrances Distribution Contract Breached

  • Posted24 June 2013

  A company that made substantial losses on the distribution of fragrances bearing the name of a well-known football club has triumphed in a High Court breach of contract claim. The...

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• Copyright Law Defeats Cloth Copiers

  • Posted21 June 2013

  When a cloth pattern was copied and used by another business for its own fabrics, the woollen mill which owns the pattern took action to stop it. The pattern...

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• Age Discrimination – Qualifications and Pay Structure

  • Posted19 June 2013

  The Employment Tribunal (ET) has now delivered its judgment in the long-running case of Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, which dealt with a claim of indirect age...

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• Unclear Drafting Leads to Court Appearance to Allocate Repair Bills

  • Posted18 June 2013

  When a landlord granted a lease over a maisonette to a tenant then subsequently alleged that the lease was drafted incorrectly, it took the intervention of the court to decide...

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