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Corporate Minnow Breaks Monte Carlo Casino

Posted16 January 2014

In a case which proves that even corporate minnows can successfully fight off trade mark infringement actions brought by much larger operators, a small party gaming company has inflicted a...

HMRC Announce Tax Purge on Landlords

Posted14 January 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are to launch a nationwide campaign to recover an estimated £2.5 billion in tax being evaded by private sector landlords. Although the average tax...

Chancel Repair Liability Risk – Reduced But Not Gone

Posted13 January 2014

Homeowners may be breathing a sigh of relief following the widely publicised reports that ‘chancel repair liability’ (CRL) must now be registered to be effective – but the risk still...

‘Unusually Robust Language’ Did Not Undermine Unfair Dismissal Ruling

Posted10 January 2014

An argument by school governors that the ‘unusually robust language’ used by an Employment Tribunal (ET) in upholding a teacher’s unfair dismissal claim revealed a loss of objectivity and amounted...

Adjudication Decisions are Binding, Right or Wrong

Posted8 January 2014

In the context of a bitter building dispute that was characterised by confusion over the identity of one of the contracting parties, the High Court has emphasised that an adjudicator’s decision,...

Divorce – Equal Division of Assets Not Always the Right Solution

Posted7 January 2014

There are no hard and fast rules over the division of assets in divorce cases. In particular, an equal partition of assets is not always appropriate, as was illustrated by...