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• Registering a Trade Mark is the Best Way to Protect Your Valuable Brand

  • Posted5 December 2023

  Having worked hard to establish the reputation of your product, there is nothing more annoying than a competitor marketing rival goods under a confusingly similar name. As a High Court...

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• Businessman Reaps Whirlwind After Years of Inattention to His Tax Affairs

  • Posted4 December 2023

  Those whose tax affairs are allowed to fall into disarray must live in permanent fear that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will in due course descend upon them. Such anxiety...

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• Contract Adjudicators’ Decisions Must Be Honoured Promptly – No Ifs, No Buts

  • Posted30 November 2023

  Those who willingly submit contract disputes to adjudication must, save in very exceptional cases, honour the outcome without delay – no ifs, no buts. The High Court resoundingly made that...

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• Divorce – This is Why a Clean Break is Usually the Preferred Outcome

  • Posted29 November 2023

  Most divorcees would, wherever possible, prefer to achieve a clean financial break so that they can regain their independence and move on with their lives. A High Court ruling provided...

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• Not Every Procedural Defect Will Render a Dismissal Unfair – Guideline Ruling

  • Posted27 November 2023

  Deficiencies in a workplace disciplinary procedure will very often render a dismissal unfair – but not always. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) made that point in finding that a hospital...

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• Retail Tenant Forced to Relocate Receives Compensation for Permanent Loss of Profit

  • Posted22 November 2023

  When retail premises are compulsorily purchased by public authorities and forced to relocate, to what extent should compensation be paid for any resulting permanent loss of profit? The Upper Tribunal...

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