Commercial Client

• Reform of the Collective Redundancy Rules

  • Posted5 July 2012

  Following a call for evidence on the operation of the rules that apply to consulting with employees when collective redundancies are necessary, the Government has published a consultation outlining its...

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• Dismissal on Account of Long-Term Sickness

  • Posted28 June 2012

  When an employee is dismissed for a reason relating to their capability to perform the work for which they were employed, whether or not the dismissal is fair or unfair...

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• Tenant Denied Right to Break Lease Because of Late Payments

  • Posted26 June 2012

  A tenant that was seeking to break a lease has surprisingly been found by the court to have failed to give a valid break notice because it had not paid...

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• Style the Clincher in Copyright Case

  • Posted25 June 2012

  There is a common belief that because something can be viewed on or copied from the Internet, it is free for anyone to use. This is not the case. Nor...

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• Oral Contract Claim Fails

  • Posted21 June 2012

  There are not many people who would recommend doing the lottery as a certain path to success, but we regularly see instances of disputes going to court where the outcome...

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• TUPE – Service Provision Changes

  • Posted19 June 2012

  In Hunter v McCarrick, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that for there to be a service provision change within the meaning of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...

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