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• Health and Safety Supervisor Sacked for Diligently Doing His Job Vindicated

  • Posted6 August 2021

  Employees who are tasked with enforcing health and safety rules often encounter stiff resistance from colleagues who are reluctant to embrace change. As a case concerning a sacked railway maintenance...

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• Cautionary Tale Illustrates the Necessity of Professional Tax Advice

  • Posted3 August 2021

  A Court of Appeal case concerning a businessman who was on the receiving end of an unexpected six-figure tax demand served as a cautionary tale that graphically illustrated the importance...

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• Director Oblivious to Record-Keeping Duties Receives Seven-Year Ban

  • Posted29 July 2021

  One of the most important duties required of a company director is to keep, maintain, preserve and, if necessary, deliver up adequate accounting records. The High Court resoundingly made that...

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• Commercial Leases and Opting Out of Security of Tenure – Test Case Ruling

  • Posted26 July 2021

  Commercial landlords and tenants may contract out of the security of tenure provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, but only if certain conditions are met. One of those...

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• Father Excluded from Babysitting Role Wins Sex Discrimination Damages

  • Posted21 July 2021

  When recruiting staff, you may have a particular type of candidate in mind, but that is precisely the mindset that can give rise to discrimination. A company that advertised on...

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• Supreme Court Takes a ‘Real-World’ Approach to Rates Avoidance Schemes

  • Posted16 July 2021

  When assessing whether tax mitigation schemes are effective, judges must interpret legislation in the real world and with regard to the likely intentions of Parliament. The Supreme Court made those...

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