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The law of intellectual property is seldom simple or without surprises. In 2014, the High Court decided that the ‘corrugated’ shape of the Kit Kat chocolate bar, whilst unremarkable in...
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A music teacher who ended up on a zero hours contract after his employment was transferred from a local authority to the private sector has scored a legal victory of...
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The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are popular vehicles for investment in small or start-up businesses. Both are attractive because the tax advantages...
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Managing residential property is a legally complex task and is not for amateurs. In one case which proved the point, benevolent landlords found themselves having to take court action after...
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Anyone thinking of starting a family by entering into a foreign surrogacy arrangement should take careful note of a High Court case in which a well-meaning couple ended up in...
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It is commonly thought that where a business supplies something for no payment to an employee or director, this is a ‘perk of the job’ and has no tax consequences....
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