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• Disability Discrimination Victim Secures Over £4.7 Million in Compensation

  • Posted11 May 2020

  The consequences of discrimination in the workplace can be truly devastating and compensation awards to victims can be very substantial. In one case, a disabled bank worker who was stricken...

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• Facing a Legal Claim? Sitting On Your Hands is Simply Not an Option

  • Posted7 May 2020

  If you are on the receiving end of a legal claim, sitting on your hands is simply not an option and you should seek advice straight away. In a case...

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• When Do Two Offices Become One for Rating Purposes?

  • Posted5 May 2020

  Are adjacent commercial properties in common occupation, but divided by a service area, to be treated as one unit or two for business rates purposes? The Upper Tribunal (UT) has...

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• Inducing Breaches of Contract – Court of Appeal Clarifies the Law

  • Posted29 April 2020

  Anyone who induces an employee to breach his or her contract is guilty of a civil wrong and can expect financial consequences – but what amounts to a state of...

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• Copyright Protection – What is a ‘Work of Artistic Craftsmanship’?

  • Posted27 April 2020

  Works of artistic craftsmanship are, if original, entitled to copyright protection – but what exactly does the phrase mean? In a ruling that clarified the law, the High Court found...

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• Dishonest Tax Evasion – Directors Cannot Hide Behind the Corporate Veil

  • Posted23 April 2020

  Directors who are complicit in dishonest tax evasion cannot use the corporate veil to escape the consequences of their wrongdoing. The point was powerfully made by a case in which...

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