Commercial Client

• Tech Company Failed to Make Reasonable Adjustments for Cancer Sufferer

  • Posted6 May 2022

  Corporate reorganisations arising from a change in ownership very often result in a need to reduce staff numbers. However, as one case showed, it is vital to conduct redundancy exercises...

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• Risk of Industrial Action is a Fact of Business Life – Court of Appeal Ruling

  • Posted3 May 2022

  Strike action that grounded an airline’s planes did not amount to an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ that justified passengers being denied compensation after their flights were cancelled. In reaching that conclusion, the...

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• Accurate Record-Keeping Saves Clothing Traders from Swingeing VAT Bills

  • Posted29 April 2022

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigations can be a daunting and potentially very costly experience for any business. However, as a tax tribunal ruling showed, clear and comprehensive record-keeping is...

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• Design Rights – Tourist Hoodies and T-Shirts Lack Novelty, High Court Rules

  • Posted26 April 2022

  For a design to qualify for protection as intellectual property, it must both be novel and have individual character. In a guideline case, the High Court found that the design...

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• Empty Cinema Blaze Triggers Landmark Court of Appeal Ruling

  • Posted20 April 2022

  When marketing commercial premises, they obviously have to be made available for inspection by prospective buyers, tenants or their representatives – but to what extent, if any, do such visitors...

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• Agency Workers Have No Right to Apply for Vacant Permanent Positions

  • Posted14 April 2022

  Agency workers have a right to be informed by those who hire them of permanent positions that become vacant – but are they also entitled to apply for such posts?...

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