Commercial Client

• 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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• More PAYE Code Changes Loom

  • Posted30 July 2012

  The very same day that the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales was inviting comment from its members on PAYE coding notice problems because ‘We know from your...

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• Changes to the Rules Governing Employment Tribunal Procedure

  • Posted27 July 2012

  Most new laws affecting businesses are introduced on one of two common commencement dates each year – either 6 April or 1 October. From 6 April 2012, the unfair...

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• Low Pay Commission Consults on the Accommodation Offset

  • Posted25 July 2012

  The Low Pay Commission (LPC) was established following the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act 1998 to advise the Government on the NMW rates and other issues of...

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• Pre-Administration Rents Not Expenses of Administration

  • Posted25 July 2012

  When a tenant becomes insolvent and the administrator intends to carry on trading from the rented premises, the administrator takes over responsibility for the payment of rent to the landlord...

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