Commercial Client

• Defective Premises and Landlords’ Duties – Guideline Court of Appeal Ruling

  • Posted24 May 2019

  Landlords have a legal duty to keep the premises they let to tenants in a safe condition and if they fail to do so can be held liable for any...

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• Accountant Who Worked Exclusively for One Client Became an Employee

  • Posted21 May 2019

  The distinction between employment and self-employment is a continuing source of controversy and a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that an accountant who worked exclusively for one client...

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• Debtors’ Rights – High Court Takes to Task Bailiffs Who Overstepped the Mark

  • Posted15 May 2019

  Judgments for debt would hardly be worth having if there were no bailiffs to enforce them. However, as a High Court ruling made clear, they have to abide by stringent...

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• Company Director Banned for Ignoring Obligation to Pay Tax

  • Posted13 May 2019

  Directors of struggling companies all too often place payment of tax at the bottom of their priority lists, with the result that it is the public purse that frequently suffers...

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• Patent Invalid if No Novelty

  • Posted10 May 2019

  One of the key requirements for a patent for a technical process innovation to be successfully defended is that there must be something genuinely innovative about the subject matter of...

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• Adjudication Payments Must Be Made First

  • Posted7 May 2019

  Payments under building contracts can be a touchy issue and have led to numerous disputes. Adjudication proceedings are intended to make the process of resolving building disputes simpler, but they...

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