Commercial Client

• Dishonestly Misled Company Overturns £115,000 VAT Late Payment Penalties

  • Posted7 September 2020

  Delaying payment of your quarterly VAT bills is no way to relieve pressure on your cash flow and usually results in heavy financial penalties. However, as a First-tier Tribunal (FTT)...

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• Gender Diversity Bias Claim Fails to Convince Court

  • Posted2 September 2020

  Many employers are taking laudable steps to increase diversity in their workforces by recruiting more women. However, as a case involving an unsuccessful candidate for a BBC radio broadcasting position...

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• Spotlight on Corporate Democracy as Small Shareholders Take Crushing Loss

  • Posted28 August 2020

  Concerns that small shareholders are the victims of a deficit in corporate democracy, having little influence over the direction taken by the companies in which they invest, were highlighted by...

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• Fairness Demands Transparent Decision-Making – High Court Planning Case

  • Posted24 August 2020

  Planning decisions can radically affect people’s lives and livelihoods and that is why they have to be taken openly and transparently. The High Court made that point in overturning planning...

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• Prosecco Producers Successfully Oppose ‘Nosecco’ Trade Mark Registration

  • Posted19 August 2020

  The names and trade marks of certain well-known regional food and drink products are tightly protected under European law. The extent of that protection was analysed in a High Court...

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• Selecting Staff for Redundancy? It Pays to Take Professional Advice First

  • Posted13 August 2020

  The process of selecting staff for redundancy is fraught with legal pitfalls and seeking professional advice at the outset can in the long run save you from serious financial and...

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