Commercial Client

• Reforms to the Employment Law System

  • Posted16 February 2012

  The Government has announced its proposals for reform of the employment law system following its consultation, ‘Resolving Workplace Disputes’, and the Red Tape Challenge review of employment law. The...

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• Overall Impression Crucial in Design Right

  • Posted15 February 2012

  Design rights are not the same as copyright, but are valuable intellectual property assets nonetheless. Consider the traditional Coca-Cola bottle, which instantly conveys the brand image to the consumer. ...

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• Commerciality the Key in Contract Interpretation

  • Posted13 February 2012

  When a dispute arises concerning the meaning of a contract term that is capable of being interpreted in more than one way, the resolution is normally to be found in...

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• Latest Fuel Rates

  • Posted30 November 2009

  HMRC have announced that the rates payable for car fuel (where a mileage rate is paid to company car users for business travel) are as follows from 1 December 2009....

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• Recovering Foreign VAT

  • Posted12 December 2008

  It is commonly thought that within the EU, recovering VAT on expenditure made whilst abroad is merely a matter of calculating the VAT at the applicable rate and claiming it...

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• Employee or Self-Employed – Mutuality of Obligation

  • Posted2 December 2007

  Employees, or their dependants, are entitled to claim damages for injury caused by a workplace accident if: • there was a duty of care owed...

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