Commercial Client

• Revenue Blitz Increases CGT Recovery

  • Posted19 November 2012

  A blitz on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) evasion in 2011 has led to a huge increase in the amount of unpaid CGT identified. More than £105 million of unpaid CGT...

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• Trade Mark Challenges to Become Easier?

  • Posted16 November 2012

  A recent decision of the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) has seemingly altered the previously understood position as regards the use of similar trade marks. The case...

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• Job Centre Manager Wins Unfair Dismissal Claim

  • Posted14 November 2012

  A job centre manager who said that she was dismissed because of her zeal in helping a vulnerable teenager to find work has succeeded in her claim for unfair dismissal...

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• Buyer Not Bound by Uncorroborated Verbal Agreement

  • Posted13 November 2012

  Yet another case involving a dispute over a verbal agreement was decided recently. It involved a company that was the owner of three properties, which it intended to sell...

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• Changes in Capital Allowances and Property

  • Posted8 November 2012

  As the law stood before April 2012, it was possible for the purchaser of a commercial building to claim capital allowances in respect of plant, etc. even if the previous...

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• Sickness Absence and the Accrual of Holiday Leave Entitlement

  • Posted7 November 2012

  Under the EC Working Time Directive, workers are entitled to a minimum of four weeks’ paid leave in each leave year. However, the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR), which implement...

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