Commercial Client

• Education Provider Left High and Dry in ‘No Oral Variation’ Contract Row

  • Posted4 June 2020

  Many commercial contracts contain clauses which state that they can only be varied in writing. Such provisions offer the advantage of certainty and, as a company that provided educational services...

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• Not Every Workplace Complaint Qualifies for Whistleblowing Protection

  • Posted1 June 2020

  Workplace whistleblowers who, in the public interest, disclose what they believe to be wrongdoing are protected by the full force of the law. As an instructive tribunal ruling underlined, however,...

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• Twelve-Month Delay for IR35 Tax Reforms

  • Posted29 May 2020

  Controversial changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules have been shelved until April 2021, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The government is delaying the reforms for a year...

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• Digital Comms Company Fined £100,000 Over Unsolicited Marketing Texts

  • Posted26 May 2020

  Direct marketing messages that appear uninvited on mobile phones are viewed as a plague by many and those responsible for sending them can expect to be hit hard in the...

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• HSE Support for Hand Sanitiser Manufacturers

  • Posted20 May 2020

  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has taken steps to support hand sanitiser manufacturers as UK production increases to tackle the coronavirus. Spurred by unprecedented demand for biocidal hand...

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• Reinstatement Value – Factory Fire Triggers Insurance Test Case

  • Posted15 May 2020

  Many insurance policies state that amounts payable in the event of loss or damage to property will be calculated on a reinstatement basis – but what exactly does that mean?...

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