Commercial Client

• Part-Time Football Referees Are Self-Employed, Tax Tribunal Rules

  • Posted27 July 2020

  Part-time referees who officiate at professional football matches on a game-by-game basis are not employees. Confirming their self-employed status in a guideline case, the Upper Tribunal (UT) noted that they...

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• Flat Tenant Can Veto Potentially Destructive Works – Supreme Court Ruling

  • Posted22 July 2020

  The freeholds of a great many blocks of flats are held by tenant-owned companies which operate on democratic principles. Such arrangements are, however, not a panacea and disagreements can arise....

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• Harvey Weinstein Case Exposes Wrinkle in Employment Tribunal Rules

  • Posted16 July 2020

  Sexual harassment proceedings against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein gave rise to a thorny jurisdictional issue that threatened to undermine the power of Employment Tribunals (ETs) to make evidence disclosure...

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• International Airline Fined £500,000 for Negligent Data Breach

  • Posted13 July 2020

  Businesses that handle personal data but fail to take appropriate steps to guard against cyber attacks expose themselves to grave financial and reputational damage. That was certainly so in the...

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• Warehouse Torched By Rioters – Owner of Destroyed Stock Wins £5 Million

  • Posted10 July 2020

  Civil unrest is thankfully rare in Britain, but it does occur and anyone who suffers loss as a result should contact a solicitor without delay. In a case on point,...

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• Liquidators Succeed in Pursuit of Retail Chain’s ‘Disappeared’ Assets

  • Posted7 July 2020

  Any civilised system of civil justice affords those who are accused of wrongdoing a fair opportunity to defend themselves in court. However, as a High Court ruling in a corporate...

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