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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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The suspension of live sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic was a force majeure event that justified early termination of a media rights contract. The High Court so ruled in...
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A bewildering array of corporate structures is all too commonly used to conceal the real ownership of property. However, as a High Court case showed, judges are well versed at...
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Trade secrets are the lifeblood of many businesses and the law will provide powerful assistance in protecting them. That was certainly so in the case of a ship design company...
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Employers who discriminate against pregnant women or new mothers can expect to reap a bitter harvest of financial and reputational damage. An Employment Tribunal (ET) made that point in describing...
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Only expenses that are incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of trade can be deducted from a business’s tax liabilities. That threshold is, to say the least, a demanding...
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