Commercial Client

• 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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• Directors’ Remuneration – Announcement

  • Posted5 November 2012

  The Government has published its draft rules on directors’ remuneration, which are scheduled to take effect from October 2013. The new rules will apply to companies listed on the...

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• ‘Passing Off’ Tests

  • Posted2 November 2012

  When another firm uses a trading style that you think is a copy of yours, you might consider that an action for ‘passing off’ is appropriate. Passing off occurs...

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