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• Tenants Face Massive Repair Bill

  • Posted4 September 2013

  The former tenants of a prime location office block that was left in a state of severe dilapidation on the expiry of a full-repairing lease have been ordered to pay...

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• BYOD – Data Controllers’ Obligations

  • Posted2 September 2013

  The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) requires data controllers to take appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or...

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• New Type of Employment Contract Introduced

  • Posted1 September 2013

  The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 provides for a new type of employment status, the ‘employee shareholder’ – with effect from 1 September 2013. Employee shareholders will agree to...

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• Judge Ends Litigation War

  • Posted30 August 2013

  When a divorced wealthy couple sought to wage ‘litigation war’ against one another, running up legal bills of more than £2.7 million in the process, the family judge was unsympathetic. ...

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• Covert Recordings – Admissible as Evidence?

  • Posted29 August 2013

  In Vaughan v London Borough of Lewisham and Others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) reaffirmed that whilst the practice of making secret recordings may be regarded as ‘very distasteful’ and...

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• ‘Secondary Victim’ Claim Fails

  • Posted27 August 2013

  When a woman who was injured in an accident at work and who seemed to be making a good recovery collapsed and died three weeks later, as a result of...

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