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Government Review of Employment Tribunal Fees

Posted15 February 2017

The Ministry of Justice has published its long-awaited review of Employment Tribunal (ET) fees, which were introduced in July 2013. This concluded that the objectives for the introduction of...

Shape Must Convey Brand to Create Goodwill

Posted14 February 2017

Many household objects are of a similar shape and even where the shape of an object made by a manufacturer has a particular style, the existence of intellectual property rights...

Trustee of Deceased Bankrupt Cannot Claim Payment From Spouse

Posted13 February 2017

Financial problems are frequently connected with marital problems, and the interplay between family law and insolvency law can produce legal complications. In a recent instance, the court had to...

Lack of Diligence Costs House Purchaser

Posted10 February 2017

House buyers often regard any inspection of a property beyond that undertaken by the surveyor acting for their mortgage provider as unnecessary. A recent case shows why this is a...

Dismissal When Final Written Warning ‘Manifestly Inappropriate’

Posted8 February 2017

Workplace disciplinary processes often have a number of distinct phases, and legal errors in any one of them can be enough to infect the whole. That point was made in...

Council Held to Account Over False Claims

Posted7 February 2017

Press releases circulated by public authorities enjoy a high level of credence and are widely published across the media. However, their accuracy is not guaranteed and, in one case, a...