Commercial Client

• Barrister Wins Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claim

  • Posted26 April 2012

  In Bivonas LLP and others v Bennett, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld the decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) that a gay barrister had been discriminated against on...

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• Functionality Not Protected in Computer Programs

  • Posted23 April 2012

  Computer programs have been at the centre of many legal disputes. Although the program itself is subject to the laws of copyright, creating a program that does what another program...

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• HMRC In Line for £160 Million Windfall After Salary Sacrifice Scheme Rejected

  • Posted20 April 2012

  When a member of staff is on a temporary assignment, they are allowed to receive travel and subsistence payments (within certain limits) free of Income Tax (IT) and National Insurance...

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• Increase in Unpaid Parental Leave Postponed

  • Posted17 April 2012

  Currently, any employee who has completed one year of continuous employment and who ‘has, or expects to have responsibility, for a child’ is entitled to take up to four weeks’...

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• Companies Take Note – Dividends Can Be Proceeds of Crime

  • Posted12 April 2012

  Problems with doing ‘clean’ business in some jurisdictions are almost insurmountable, yet the Bribery Act 2010 is clear that offering inducements can easily amount to unlawful activity. It may...

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• Housing Law Changes

  • Posted11 April 2012

  The Localism Act 2011 is expected to come fully into force in April 2012 and will usher in some significant changes to social housing law. The Act will give...

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