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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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• Non-Domiciled Employees – Dual Contracts of Employment

  • Posted8 October 2012

  Dual or multiple employment arrangements are popular with employees domiciled abroad whose duties are performed partly in the UK and partly outside the UK. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have...

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• Competition Changes – Cartel Arrangements

  • Posted5 October 2012

  The amalgamation of the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission into a new body, the Competition and Markets Authority, has not attracted much attention. In practical terms, most...

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