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• Revised Targets on Electronic Waste

  • Posted31 January 2013

  Electrical equipment is the fastest-growing category of rubbish across the European Union (EU). It is estimated that by 2020, 12 million tonnes will be produced. In February 2003, the...

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• Patent Protection Basics

  • Posted30 January 2013

  Some people may think that once you have obtained patent protection for your product, you need do nothing further to protect your rights against infringement or to claim damages from...

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• Cost to Taxpayer is Legitimate Planning Consideration

  • Posted28 January 2013

  When a council proposes to revoke or modify a planning permission already given, it faces a difficult situation. The developer that has been granted the permission may well have committed...

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• Accountants’ Advice Not Privileged, Says Supreme Court

  • Posted25 January 2013

  The Supreme Court has ruled, by a majority of five to two, that advice provided by members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is not...

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• TUPE – Service Provision Changes and Single-Purpose Agencies

  • Posted25 January 2013

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that not all of the employees of a single-purpose operation offering services to vulnerable people needing support with housing matters formed part of...

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• Absence from Work Due to Bad Weather – Where Do Employees Stand?

  • Posted24 January 2013

  With snow and ice covering parts of the UK at the moment (as well as flood warnings in some areas and an expectation of further wind and rain in the...

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