Commercial Client

• Are You Self-Employed? Revised Guidance for Service Companies

  • Posted21 August 2012

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have published new guidance intended to help personal service companies determine their correct employment status. HMRC will take a risk-based approach to consider how...

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• Court of Appeal Advises on Dealing With Allegations of Misconduct

  • Posted16 August 2012

  The Court of Appeal has ruled (Crawford and another v Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) that procedural defects in the disciplinary process adopted by their employer rendered unfair the...

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• Google at Loggerheads with European Data Regulators

  • Posted15 August 2012

  Global search giant Google has found itself in hot water over a decision to rewrite its privacy policies into a single document covering all of its services. Various European agencies...

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• Landlord’s Failure to Extend Its Lease Leaves Subtenant in Place

  • Posted13 August 2012

  When a lease on commercial premises comes under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA), the grounds on which the landlord may oppose the tenant’s application for a new lease...

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• Consultation on Private Sector Challenges to Competition Law

  • Posted10 August 2012

  Following an earlier announcement that it intended to promote private-sector led challenges to anti-competitive behaviour, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a consultation on ways to facilitate...

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• The Bell Tolls for File-Sharing Sites

  • Posted2 August 2012

  The bell has tolled for file-sharing websites after file-sharing provided by the Swedish website The Pirate Bay (TPB) was declared unlawful by the High Court. A group of record...

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