Commercial Client

• Break Clauses in Commercial Leases – What Does ‘Vacant Possession’ Mean?

  • Posted22 September 2021

  Commercial leases frequently stipulate that premises are to be handed back to the landlord ‘with vacant possession’ – but what exactly does that mean? The Court of Appeal pondered the...

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• COVID-19 – Carer Sacked After Visiting Pub Wins Unfair Dismissal Claim

  • Posted16 September 2021

  The pressure put on many employment relationships by COVID-19 was illustrated by the case of a care worker who was sacked by her vulnerable charge’s mother after she went to...

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• Negotiating is One Thing, But Completing a Binding Contract is Quite Another

  • Posted13 September 2021

  Commercial negotiations may proceed for many months and involve any number of meetings, messages and phone calls. However, as a High Court ruling showed, the question of whether a binding...

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• Deemed Commercial Tenancy Inferred from Possession and Payment of Rent

  • Posted10 September 2021

  Even in the absence of a formal lease, the existence of a tenancy can in some cases be inferred from an occupier’s exclusive possession of premises and the payment of...

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• ‘Seriously Incompetent’ Company Director Receives Four-Year Disqualification

  • Posted7 September 2021

  Many companies admirably soldier on through cash flow difficulties, but it is the mark of a competent director to know when to pull the plug. A businessman who left that...

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• Pandemic or No Pandemic, Redundancy Exercises Must Be Open and Fair

  • Posted1 September 2021

  Thousands of businesses left struggling by the COVID-19 pandemic have had little choice but to shed staff. However, as an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling showed, the legal requirement that redundancy...

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