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• Morrisons Held Vicariously Liable for Rogue Employee’s Data Leak

  • Posted27 February 2018

  In a workplace context, an employer can be found liable for the acts or omissions of its employees, provided it can be shown that they took place in the course...

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• Onerous Leasehold Terms to be Banned

  • Posted26 February 2018

  Following an outcry over the terms that apply to the purchase of new leasehold properties in some circumstances, the Government conducted a public consultation. This has now reported and legislation...

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• Insufficiency of Funds – Deals Mean Loss of Control

  • Posted22 February 2018

  Failing to pay taxes due because of insufficiency of funds with which to do so has repeatedly been challenged by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) when a defaulting taxpayer has...

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• ISAs in Estates to be Tax Exempt

  • Posted21 February 2018

  One of the issues that proves difficult for executors of deceased persons who have Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) is that the interest on them is taxable once the owner has...

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• Cohabitants Entitled to Bereavement Damages

  • Posted20 February 2018

  The legal implications of cohabitation are often poorly understood by those who choose to live together outside of marriage or civil partnership, and the lack of protection for cohabitants often...

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• New National Minimum Wage Rates

  • Posted19 February 2018

  The draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2018 were published on 6 February and provide for the following changes to the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage...

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