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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...

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...

Mother Placed Under Improper Judicial Pressure to Consent to Care Orders

Posted9 May 2019

The quality of British justice is respected around the world – but there are inevitably occasions when judges overstep the mark. In a family case on point, a mother had...

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...

SDLT Reminder

Posted7 May 2019

Clients are reminded that, following the introduction of the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, the time limit for the payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on property...

Discrimination and the Burden of Proof – Court of Appeal Gives Guidance

Posted2 May 2019

Once an employee succeeds in establishing facts that arguably support a finding of discrimination, the burden of proving that there was no such discrimination falls upon the employer. The Court...