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Swiss Bank Accounts - 6,000 Letters on the Way
Long-Term Sickness and the Accrual of Annual Leave
Unauthorised Database Use to Cost Companies
Directors Who Misled Creditor Personally Liable
Court Refuses HMRC Right of Appeal in Tax Avoidance Case
Disability - Reasonable Adjustments and Their Chance of Success
HMRC and ICAEW Announcements - Landlords Take Note
Cookie Consent - Are You Prepared?
First Conviction Under the Bribery Act
Employment Status - Employee or Partner?
Salary Sacrifice - VAT Changes
Are Your Website Images Legal?
Service Charge Accounts - What Can You Do?
Unfair Dismissal Claims - Extension of Time Limits
Competition Whistleblowing on the Increase
Integrating the Operation of Income Tax and NICs
Court Decides Limits of Expert's Responsibilities in Claim
Government Consults on Proposed Employment Tribunal Fees
EHRC Proposes 'Reasonable Accommodation' for Religion or Belief
Sophistication of Consumers Stymies Claim
Insolvencies Edge Up
Your Christmas Party
No Time to Pay for 'Tax Planned' Companies
HSE Publishes Latest Fatal Injury Statistics
Vacant Possession Means What It Says
Overall Impression Test Means Court Rejects Virgin's Claim
Borrowing Eases But Terms Toughen
Government Announces Employment Law Reforms
AWP Refunds Not Safe Yet!
The Agency Workers Regulations
Money Saving Expert Wins Trade Mark Battle
Developer Pays Price For Unauthorised Demolition
Companies Fined After Death From Fall at Work
Director Pays Price for Private Arrangement with Customer
HMRC to Target Restaurants
Employment Status - What is the Legal Reality of the Relationship?
Construction Act Changes
Easier Access to Justice to Enforce Patent and Design Rights
Proposed Amendments to the Working Time Regulations
Jockey's Attempt to Breach Covenant Falls at Second Fence
Claiming Foreign VAT
New Minimum Wage Rates
Council Has Right to Adjourn if Information Insufficient
Nuisance Callers and Spammers Face Increased Penalties
Qualifying Period for Unfair Dismissal Claims to be Extended
Employment Law Review - Government Seeks Views of Businesses
When Does Contractual Notice Commence?
Supreme Court Backs HMRC in Tax Avoidance Case
Court Embargo on Revealing Confidential Information
Government Plans to Scrap Licences for Smaller Events
Indemnity Ineffective if Actual Liability Not Ascertained
LLP Case Shows Need for Members' Agreement
Statistically Invalid Estimate Still Enforceable, Rules Tribunal
Creditors Protected by Court of Appeal
Stepping Hill Hospital nurse ban lifted
Court Condemns Unfair Product Comparison
Changes to the System for Reporting Health and Safety Incidents
ACAS Issues Guidance on Social Networking
Dismissal for Sending Offensive Email from Home PC Was Fair
Superior Clause in Contract Absolves Subcontractor
Restaurants Face Tax Probes
How Do I Enforce My Copyright?
£5 Million for Loss of Profits of Business Still on the Drawing Board
Reform of Health and Safety Law - The Next Steps
Claiming for Riot-Related Damage
Oversight Prevents EIS Relief
Demolition Requires Planning Permission
Sound-Alike Infringes
ACAS Issues Advice on Dealing With Effects of Riots
Email Terms Apply Despite Lack of Written Contract
Further Steps in the Government's Review of Employment Law
Defective Wording Does Not Remove Liability
Compensation Not the Issue in VAT Penalty
New Rules on Privacy and Electronic Communications
Redundancy Selection - 'Polkey' Reductions
No-Shows - ECJ Rules No VAT Due
Competition Act Extended to Land
Descriptive Number Cannot Be Registered as Trade Mark
Economic Upswing No Reason to Abandon Good Credit Control
Insolvency and TUPE - EAT Provides Clarification
Tenant's Improvements Did Not Increase Ground Rent
What is Reasonable (and What Isn't)?
Bribery Act Comes Into Force
Where is a Website?
Agency Workers and the 'Necessity' Test
Winding Up Your Company - Warning
OFT Guidance on Director Disqualification and Competition Law
Manufacturing Company Fined After Drilling Machine Accident
Agent's Acceptance Binds Landlord
Who is a Member of a Company?
Removal Firms Pay for Misuse of Trade Association Marks
Tax for Contractors - Is the Pendulum Swinging?
HSE Develops Risk Assessment Tool for Shops
Deficient Disclosure Costs Company
Landlord Loses £270,000 Repair Bill Appeal
'Naming and Shaming' Employers Who Flout NMW Law
Director Not Liable for Corporation Tax Bills
Graphical User Interface Copyright Decision
Bribery and Rights Under Civil Law
Discrimination - Religion or Belief
Airspace - Is It a Right?
Settling Tax by Credit Card - A Good Idea or Not?
Guidance on the Agency Workers Regulations
Government Review of Employment Law - The Next Steps
HRA Can Be Used to Oppose Possession Claim
Price Comparisons Must Not Mislead Consumers
Bentley VAT Claim Fails
Abolition of the Default Retirement Age
Risks to Pedestrians from Electrically Powered Perimeter Gates
Business Confidence Plummets in Fourth Quarter
Copyright Clarifications
HSE Consultation on RIDDOR Change
Time to Review Tax Arrangements?
The Dangers of Private Communications Out of Working Hours
New Minimum Wage Rates
Equality Act - Codes of Practice
Invalid Company Signature Renders Notice Invalid
HMRC Announce Details of 'NI Holidays'
Government Delays Extension of Right to Request Training
Exclusion Clauses Fail to Protect IT Consultants
Agreement Does Not Cover Unanticipated Event
Redundancy Consultation
Insurer Liable for Claim Against Insolvent Company
HMRC Toughen Stance on Companies in Difficulty
Compromise Agreements and the Equality Act 2010
Title Defect Allows Buyer to Rescind Contract
Pension Tax Relief Restriction
Court Upholds Genuine Pre-estimate of Loss
Employment Contract Repudiated by Gross Misconduct
Property Owners Must Pay Council Tax Despite Six Year Delay
Digital Economy Act 2010 - Better Protection or Not?
Service of Document to Solicitors is Valid
Default Retirement Age - Anomalies Corrected
Trade Samples - VAT Treatment Change
Council Obliged to Oppose Unauthorised Development
OFT Draft Guidance on Complying With Competition Law
Rest Breaks and On-Call Time
Trade Mark Application Refused based on First Impression
Disability-Related Discrimination - New Act Restores Position
Communications Needed to Understand the 'Factual Matrix' Are Admissible
Health and Safety Statistics - 2009/2010
Guidance on the VAT Rate Change
OFT and the Competition Commission to Merge
2011/12 Limits on Employment Tribunal Awards
IP Court Costs Capped
Small Businesses Gloomy Over Prospects
Andy Gray / Sky Sports - what can we learn?
Age Discrimination - Compulsory Retirement
HMRC Issue New Tax Guides
The End of the Road for the Default Retirement Age
First Monetary Penalties for Serious Data Protection Breaches
Government Gives Go Ahead for Employment Legislation
Loss of Light - Demolition Ordered
Under 18 ID Policy In Force
Income Splitting - Another HMRC Attack
Unknown Liability Not Actionable
No Break if Wrong Party Served
Resignation or Dismissal? - Findings of Fact
Tax Deferrals 'Hide Insolvency'
When is a Breach Not a Breach?
Early Release Does Not Change Effective Date of Termination
Clear Drag-Along Clause is Binding
Travel and Subsistence - Minimum Wage Loophole to Close
New Standard Terms for Architects
'Without Prejudice' Rule Trumps Public Disclosure
Badly Drafted Contract Leads to Court Appearance
Valuer Not Liable for Valuation Inaccuracy
Employer Pays Price for Super Salesperson
Charges Against Director Dropped in First Corporate Manslaughter Case
OFCOM Code of Practice on Online Copyright Infringement
Abnormal Weather - What it Means For You.
Obligations Under TUPE
Planning Reversals Based on Facts - Court Backs Narrow View
Competition Law - OFT Gets Tough with Directors
Accountant Jailed in £11 Million Scam
The Equality Act 2010 - Health Questionnaires
Court Rules Software Supplier's Standard Terms Unfair
When You Agree Terms and Conditions
Effective Date of Termination - Conditional Resignations
Second Notice Served Late Means Lease Not Ended
Company Director Faces Massive Confiscation Order
Right to Request Training Under Review
Landlords Succeed in Overturning 'Unfairly Prejudicial' CVA
ICAEW Reports 'Cautious Growth' Expected
HSE Fatality Statistics
Website Accessibility and the Equality Act
Health and Safety: Government Review
Sickness and Holiday Leave - ET Rejects Backdated Claim
Referral Sites in HMRC's Sights
1,000 Breaches of Data Protection
Insubstantial Non-Compliance Cannot Block Contract
Default Retirement Age to be Scrapped
Appeal Court Upholds Eight-Year Ban on Director
Smell-Alikes Cannot Say What They Smell Like!
Public Procurement - Act Promptly When Loss Suspected
Additional Paternity Leave Will Go Ahead
New Employment Tribunal Fast Track Scheme
'Without Prejudice' Comments Inadmissible
The Recession May Be Bad, But It Isn't Frustrating
Time Off Work for Public Duties
The Equality Act 2010
VAT and Excise Penalties - The New Regime
Contract Re-Think Required?
Ban on Pre-Employment Health Questionnaires
Time Limits for Lodging Appeals in the EAT
Businesses Fear Effects of a Double Dip Recession
UK Intellectual Property Office Patent Opinion Service
Religious Discrimination and Employment Law
Are Your Fire-Risk Assessments Up to Date?
New Company Name Check Facility
Claim for Negligence over Tax Advice is Out of Time
Time Off Work for Jury Service
Contract Clinches Fee for Ex-Advisers
Failure to Enforce Right Leads to its Loss
Voucher Warning for Firms
Assessment of Repetitive Tasks Tool
ET1 Claim Forms and Illegibility
It's Good to Talk
Businessmen Denied Profit for 'Borrowed' Business Plan
Copyright Case Highlights Need for Care
Fines for Breaches of Environmental Law
Employer Not Liable for Remark Made by Agency Worker
Tough New Penalties for Bribery
Correct Procedure Means No Human Rights Act Claim
Tax and Foreign Travel
HSE - 'Do Your Bit' Campaign
HMRC May Retain Records for a Reasonable Time
Corporate Manslaughter Case Adjourned
Planning Change Affects Private Landlords
Employee Ordered to Repay £150,000 in Fraud Case
Government Demands You Pay Faster Too!
Digital Economy Act 2010
Out of Court Settlement in Disability Discrimination Case
New Advertising Codes Published
Village Green Decision Supplies Blueprint for Stymieing Development
Ash Cloud - HMRC Makes Residency Concession
Court Supports Ex-Director's Right to Start New Business
Borrowing Advice for Businesses
Whole Agreement Clause Determines Payment Schedule
Employment Contract Valid Where Illegality Not Shown
24/7 WebCHeck Service
VAT and 'Going Concern' Transfers
TUPE and the Meaning of 'Affected Employees'
Insurance Claim Rejected Due to Misrepresentation
Use of Premises Makes Rent an Administration Expense
Fraud - Know and Ought to Know
Compromise Agreements - Claims of Misrepresentation
Software May Become Patentable
Freezing Orders
Sickness and Holiday Leave - Update
Taking Time to Pay Taxes - Warning
Buyers Who Won't Buy - What to Do?
The World Cup - Are You Ready?
New Car Fuel Rates
National Minimum Wage Cheats - Watch Out!
Tower Crane Registration
Business Assets with Private Use - HMRC issues VAT update
Government Strengthens Law on Blacklists
Trade Mark Registration Fails When Confusion Likely
Landlord's Intention Must Be Long Term
Immigration - Identity Cards for Foreign Nationals - Tier 2
Reporting Expenses: Dispensation for One-Person Companies
Partnership Accounts Bind Retired Partner
Share Manoeuvres Cause Lease Breach
What Will the Tax on My Company Car Be Next Year?
Right to Request Training - Guidance Published
Misrepresentations Prove Costly in IT Contract
Landlords and Tenants - VAT on Cleaning
Hair Length and Dress Codes
Planning Permission for Re-Submitted Application Overturned on Appeal
US Copyright Judgment Does Not Bind UK Court
42-Year-Old Banker Wins Age Discrimination Claim
Monthly Rental Payments - BRC Keeps Campaigning
HMRC to Target Medical Professionals
Company Cannot Benefit From Illegality
Planning Permission - Don't Panic
Job Applicants and Criminal Records
Whistleblowing - What Constitutes a Qualifying Disclosure?
Diet Plan Loses More Than Weight
Companies Act Model Articles - Think Before You Leap
Budget Action Points for Businesses
Safe Working at Height
Additional Paternity Leave for New Fathers: Lords Approves
What Profits Are Distributable?
Moving Premises? Don't Forget the Tax Man!
Data Protection Fine Proposals and Direct Mail Cull
Can You Justify Your Service-Related Pay Scheme?
Will Your Premises Be Shown The Yellow Card?
Commercial Arrangement Breaches Lease Terms
Disability Discrimination by Association - Complying With EU Law
Good Faith and Errors in Documents
Selling Your Business - Tax Considerations
Workplace Bullying - Employers Watch Out
Intellectual Property Insolvency Clause Unfair
Landlord Pays Price for Failing to Inform Tenant
Companies Act Changes Afoot
Sickness and Holiday Leave
HMRC Attack Insurance Arrangement Fee
Companies Act Changes - Purchase of Own Shares
Moving Target Causes Headache for Contractors
Guidance on Preventing Workplace Harassment and Violence
Ambiguous Terms in Insurance - When Wrong is Right
Using Internet Image Costs Firm Dear
Immigration - Shortage Occupation List for Tier 2
Surviving the Recession - The Most Common Mistakes
VAT and Exports - Prove It or Lose It
More Big Fines for Competition Law Breaches
Preventing Illegal Working - Keep a Copy
Insolvent Landlord - Tenant's Lease Renewal Application Must Be Considered
Key Words Do Not Breach Trade Mark
The 'Final Straw' and Constructive Dismissal
Licensees Breathe Sigh of Relief As Pubwatch Challenge Fails
Planners Quash Subsidiary Activity
Prudential to Appeal Privilege Decision
HMRC Can See Accountants' Tax Advice to Clients
Annual Inflation-Linked Changes in Tribunal Awards - 2009
Discovering a Cover-Up - Tips for Directors
TUPE and Service Provision Changes - The Correct Approach
Guarantee Clause Not Linked to Assignee
What Makes a Director?
VAT Rate Change
VAT Changes January 2010: Change in Place of Supply Rules
Disability Discrimination - 'Likely' Means 'Could Well Happen'
Possession is 9/10ths of the Responsibility
Incorrect Service Defeats Service Charge Claim
Get Ready for Compulsory Pensions
Minority Shareholder Gains £400,000 Payoff
Waivers of Salary - Pitfalls
Patent Stands Despite Disclosure of Art
Unfair Dismissal and Unofficial Industrial Action
Want to Sack Your Auditor? Pause for Thought
Guidance on Employing Children
Reliance on Pre-Contract Negotiations Revisited
Latest Fuel Rates
Whistleblowing - Keeping Regulators Informed
Insider Dealing - New Regime
Business Rates - Act Now!
Varying a Contract of Employment
Court Takes Commonsense View of Delivery of Notice Clause
NICs on Dividends
Data Protection Fine Proposals
The Gender Pay Gap - Be Prepared
New Small Business Accounting Standards
Treasury Proposes New Construction Tax Regime
Unsigned Distribution Agreement Leads to Dispute
Guarantee Wording Benefits Director Guarantor
eBay Not Responsible for L'Oreal Counterfeit Sales
New Supreme Court Replaces House of Lords
New Privacy Notice Guidance
Government Plans National Minimum Wage for Apprentices
Immigration - Renewing Annual Allocations of Certificates of Sponsorship
The Duty to Manage Asbestos - HSE Guidance
Who is Responsible? Look at the Contract
HMRC Interpretation of Ordinary Residence Rejected by Tax Commissioners
Directors Responsibilities Guide
Valuing Your Brand: New Standard
Repair Covenant Limited to What is Possible
Minimum Wage: New Rates, New Enforcement Policy
Price Fixing - Construction Firms Fined £100m
IP: New Charges
Companies Act 2006 Now in Effect
Tenant Not Responsible for Licence Breach
CMI Guidance on Religion and Belief in the Workplace
Delivery Dodge Denied
Construction Industry Price-Fixers Hit with £100 Million in Fines
Developer Cannot Force Landowner to Execute Access Deed
VAT Refunds and Compound Interest
Your IP - Protect it or Lose it
Directors and Dubious Business Practice
Corporate Manslaughter Case Listed for New Year
TUPE and Post-Transfer Obligations in the Public Sector
Protect Your Trade mark
Arbitrator's Decisions Can Be Challenged
Claims from Insolvent Contractors
ACAS Conciliated Settlements - Watch the Wording
Losses Resulting from Bad Advice - Act Promptly
Advice for Tenants on Break Clauses
Part-Time Workers - No Hypothetical Comparators
What to Do About Copyright Infringement
Auditor Not Liable for Losses Due to Incorrect Accounts
Increase in Statutory Redundancy Pay
Right to Light Not Abandoned Despite Agreement
Controlling Shareholder Can Be an Employee
New Benchmark Subsistence Rates
First Custodial Sentence for Insider Dealing
New Minimum Wage Rates Announced
Swine Flu - Guidance for Employers
Consultation on Implementing the 'Agency Workers Directive'
Employment Tribunal Statistics - 2007/2008
Additional Payment Caught for CGT
Repossessions Fall
International Contracts Need Not be Reasonable
Register It or Lose It
Workers on Long-Term Sick Leave - Non-Payment of Holiday Pay
BERR - New Name, New Website
Immigration and TUPE - Guidance on Notification Requirements
The Knock on the Door - It's the Information Commissioner
Planning - What is a Material Operation?
Company Registers - Viewing Rights
Salaries or Dividends?
Length of Employment and Equal Treatment
Disability Discrimination - The Correct Comparator
Use of Copyright Material - UKIPO Advises on Steps to Take
Guide to Good Practice in the Boardroom
Sign at the End, Not the Beginning!
Software Abuse Brings Claim
Swine Flu - What to Do?
Planning - Public Interest is Paramount
IR35 Guide
A Guide to Dealing with Requests for Flexible Working Arrangements
Late Filing Fees Hike for Companies
Insolvency and TUPE
Valuation Not Binding if Not All Parties Agree
HMRC Guidance on Goodwill Valuation
TUPE - Post Transfer Consultation
New Data Protection Guide
Religious Discrimination - Conflicting Rights
Employers Guilty in Fatal Accident Case
When Your Tenant Goes Bust
EU Brings Cheer to Small Companies
Increased Penalties for Breaches of Health and Safety Law
Make Your Arguments at the Right Time
Triangular Agency Working Arrangements - The Correct Approach
SDLT - Do You Need to Do a New Return?
Landlord's Rights Preserved Despite Accepting Payment From Tenant
Discrimination by Association - Update
ECJ Rules on Workers on Long-Term Sick Leave
Tenant Victory Over Service Charges
Budget 2009 -Business Tax changes
Similar Company Names - New Rules and Decision
Mergers and Acquisitions Update
Partners and Compulsory Retirement Age
VAT Change Alters Rent
Landmark Ruling on Access for the Disabled
Changes to the Points-Based Immigration System
Self-Employed Mortgages Pitfall
Employment Law Changes - April 2009
Dispute Resolution - Are You Prepared for the New Regime?
VAT Input Tax and Exempt Supplies - Reasonable Proportion
Check Your D&O Insurance
ICO Guidance on Transfer of Employee Information
Stress in the Workplace - An Employer's Duties
Misrepresentation Needed to Make Contract Illegal
Flexibility in Compliance with Option Terms
Auditors Pay Price for Incorrect Share Valuation
Trade Marks - Waiting Time Reduced
Managing Violence in Licensed and Retail Premises Toolkit
Resolving Patent Disputes - Guide
Construction Dispute - Get it in Writing
New Environmental Damage Regulations in Force
Age Discrimination and Job Advertisements
Coke-Cola Faces Costs Order, Name Change
New Rules for Websites?
UKIPO Anti-Counterfeiting Toolkit
Coping With Recession - VAT Tips
Age Discrimination and Enhanced Redundancy Pay Schemes
European Trade Mark Protection Cheaper
Documents Prove Lease Intent
Roof Space Flat is New Build
Basic Guide to Redundancies
Increased Penalties for Breaches of Health and Safety Law
Equal Pay - Are You At Risk?
Time Off for Dependants - Definition of 'Unexpected'
Limitations on Loser Pays Rules - Principles
Pre-Pack Administration Rules Approved
'No Substitute' Defeats Company Claim
EC Agency Workers Directive Approved
HMRC Make Tax Returns Easier for Partnerships
Human Rights Act Applies to Social Landlord
Late Filing Fees Hike for Companies
New Data Protection Guide
Computer Program Can be Patented - Court of Appeal Rules
Annual Increase in Tribunal Awards
Tribunal Must Give Reasons
Information Commissioner to get New Powers
Protecting Your Business Interests
HSE 10 Point Health and Safety Compliance Plan
Landlord Successful in Opposing Assignment to New Company
Landlord Fails in Hope Value Claim
Database Extraction Clarified
Suitable Alternative Employment and Redundancy
IP Case Sounds Warning
If it isn't in the Documentation
TUPE - Split Service Provision After Transfer
Recovering Foreign VAT
Tenants Must Adhere to Lease Terms for Renewal
Revised Rules for Option to Tax
New Rates for Reimbursement of Travel
Deed Does Not Protect Assignor
Who Decides on the Trading Estate?
Tax Man - Latest Targets
Repeated Minor Breaches Can Terminate Contract
Business the Main Beneficiary as Darling Bids to Stave Off Disaster
Loss May be Based on Potential
How Safe is Business Cash?
Construction and Design Managers - Guidance
Business Fraud Booms
Don't Take it on Trust
One Day Early is Discrimination
Agency Claim Rejected
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