Commercial Client

• Race Discrimination Claim Was Not Too Late

  • Posted10 June 2013

  The Court of Appeal has ruled (Charles v Tesco Stores Ltd.) that the Employment Tribunal (ET) erred when it struck out an employee’s race discrimination claim on the ground that...

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• Lease Break Error Proves Costly for Tenant

  • Posted7 June 2013

  When a tenant’s lease has a break clause, normally all rent due must be paid in full before the break clause can be activated – even if the rent paid...

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• Accounting Error Leads to Damages for Buyers

  • Posted5 June 2013

  A case has been decided which arose because accounting errors were made by a company which was bought by another company. Some of the management of the company which was...

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• Patent Infringement Claim Denied on Multiple Grounds

  • Posted4 June 2013

  A patent can only be granted when there is novelty in the thing for which the patent is sought. This is why it is critical that one’s novel designs do...

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• Logistics Company Fined for Lorry Driver’s Death

  • Posted30 May 2013

  West Midlands logistics company Nightfreight (GB) Limited has been fined £300,000 for breaches of health and safety law after one of its drivers was killed by a runaway lorry at...

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• HMRC Can See Accountants’ Tax Advice to Client

  • Posted27 May 2013

  A major principle on which the legal system in England and Wales relies is that the communication between a client and his or her lawyer is private. The courts cannot...

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