Commercial Client

• Registering a Trade Mark is the Best Way to Protect Your Valuable Brand

  • Posted5 December 2023

  Having worked hard to establish the reputation of your product, there is nothing more annoying than a competitor marketing rival goods under a confusingly similar name. As a High Court...

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• Contract Adjudicators’ Decisions Must Be Honoured Promptly – No Ifs, No Buts

  • Posted30 November 2023

  Those who willingly submit contract disputes to adjudication must, save in very exceptional cases, honour the outcome without delay – no ifs, no buts. The High Court resoundingly made that...

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• Not Every Procedural Defect Will Render a Dismissal Unfair – Guideline Ruling

  • Posted27 November 2023

  Deficiencies in a workplace disciplinary procedure will very often render a dismissal unfair – but not always. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) made that point in finding that a hospital...

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• Retail Tenant Forced to Relocate Receives Compensation for Permanent Loss of Profit

  • Posted22 November 2023

  When retail premises are compulsorily purchased by public authorities and forced to relocate, to what extent should compensation be paid for any resulting permanent loss of profit? The Upper Tribunal...

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• Suppression of Takings – HMRC Rains on Takeaway Pizza Company’s Parade

  • Posted17 November 2023

  Companies that suppress their takings, thereby evading tax, may live on the fat of the land for a while. However, as a tax tribunal ruling showed, the corporate veil often...

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• ‘Reckless’ Travel Company Director Ordered to Compensate Customers

  • Posted14 November 2023

  Those who manage companies in a reckless or incompetent manner can expect to be banned from holding directorships in future – but should they also be ordered personally to compensate...

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