Commercial Client

• Construction Company Fined Over Worker’s Death

  • Posted26 March 2013

  A Surrey-based construction company has been ordered to pay £210,000 in fines and costs after an employee died from injuries he sustained in an explosion on a construction site in...

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• Name Confusion Puts Trade Mark at Risk

  • Posted25 March 2013

  When a business profits because it gives the appearance of being (or its products appear to be those of) another business, it is effectively taking the goodwill of the other...

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• Realism Essential in Damages Claims

  • Posted22 March 2013

  When an offer to settle a legal dispute is made (called a ‘Part 36 offer’ by lawyers) and the court subsequently orders payment of a higher figure (in which case...

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• HMRC Win Benefits in Kind Fight With LLP

  • Posted19 March 2013

  A recent tax decision could spell trouble for limited liability partnerships (LLPs). It involved an LLP which purchased and provided cars and fuel for the use of partners in...

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• Landlord Liability Limited by Act

  • Posted14 March 2013

  A landlord normally has a responsibility to a tenant for certain aspects of the safety of the let premises. Commonly, the terms of the lease specify that the landlord is...

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• Establishing Disability Under the Equality Act

  • Posted13 March 2013

  A person is disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 if he or she has an impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability...

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