Commercial Client

• Affordable Housing Shortage Proves Decisive in High Court Planning Case

  • Posted17 March 2022

  The chronic shortage of affordable homes is a powerful driver in favour of permitting building projects that might otherwise be considered objectionable. The High Court made that point in upholding...

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• Internet Piracy – Gaming Giant Nintendo Granted Websites Blocking Order

  • Posted15 March 2022

  Companies that spend vast sums on developing products have every right to feel aggrieved when they are subjected to wholesale internet piracy. The High Court made that point in coming...

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• Fear of COVID-19 is Not a Philosophical Belief

  • Posted11 March 2022

  A fear of contracting COVID-19 or infecting others with the virus is both worthy of respect and readily understandable. However, an Employment Tribunal (ET) has ruled in a novel case...

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• The Legal Status of Property Guardians – Court of Appeal Clarifies the Law

  • Posted9 March 2022

  The practice of permitting so-called property guardians to occupy premises in order to protect them against trespassers and vandals is now widespread – but what is their status in law?...

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• Employers are Generally Entitled to Fruits of Their Employees’ Creativity

  • Posted7 March 2022

  Inventive employees can find it galling that copyright in their creative works generally belongs not to them but to their employers. As one case made plain, however, that is one...

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• This is What Can Happen If You Fail to Keep Proper Tax Records

  • Posted4 March 2022

  Keeping proper tax records may be time consuming and laborious, but a failure to do so can have disastrous consequences in the event of a visit by an officer of...

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