Commercial Client

• Temporary Occupation Justifies Multiple Rate Relief Claim

  • Posted22 October 2012

  A vacant commercial property qualifies for 100 per cent rate relief for the first three months after it becomes empty (six months if it is an industrial property). Once it...

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• British Airways Vindicated in Discrimination and Unfair Dismissal Case

  • Posted19 October 2012

  In Jamaluddin v British Airways & Others, the Employment Tribunal (ET) found that a British Airways (BA) pilot who had his airside pass withdrawn after he was arrested for alleged...

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• Government Consults on Proposal for ‘Employee-Owner’ Contracts

  • Posted19 October 2012

  Following plans recently announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce a new type of employment contract, whereby employees will give up some of their employment rights in exchange...

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• Judge Stands For No Bull in Trade Mark Case

  • Posted16 October 2012

  Energy drinks company Red Bull GmbH has triumphed in a High Court trade mark dispute after taking exception to the strap line ‘NO BULL IN THIS CAN’ being used on...

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• Student Accommodation Development Receives Green Light

  • Posted11 October 2012

  A judge has underlined the importance of local employment opportunities as a factor to be taken into account when considering the grant of planning permission, in this instance for a...

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• TUPE – Service Provision Change Guidance

  • Posted10 October 2012

  In Argyll Coastal Services Ltd. v Stirling and Others, a pre-hearing review was necessary to decide whether or not there had been a service provision change under the Transfer of...

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