March 3, 2021
There is nothing more galling than witnessing competitors profiting at your expense by ripping off your original ideas and designs. As a High Court ...
February 18, 2021
In order to qualify for legal protection, whistleblowers must genuinely believe that the disclosures they make to their employers are justified and ...
February 15, 2021
Organisers of sporting and other events who derive much of their income from pay-per-view or subscription live streaming are fighting a constant war ...
February 10, 2021
Most commercial leases require tenants to leave premises in a decent state of repair on their departure and failing to comply with such an obligation ...
February 2, 2021
Even experienced businesspeople are all too often tempted to dispense with legal formality and do oral deals with those they know and trust. As a ...
January 22, 2021
The immense profits that can be made from the fraudulent evasion of VAT and import duties makes it an attractive proposition for organised criminals. ...
January 12, 2021
As a guideline High Court decision emphasised, the greatest advantage of including English arbitration clauses in commercial contracts is that they ...
January 4, 2021
Is the capacity to invent an exclusively human quality? Or has the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) rendered that proposition obsolete? Those ...
December 18, 2020
Stoicism is a 2,300-year-old system of ethics which guided the steps of such giants of classical history as Seneca and the emperor Marcus Aurelius. ...
December 15, 2020
If attracting internet traffic is important to you, obtaining professional advice is crucial to maintaining the distinctive character of your ...
The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) came into force on 1 October 2011. They apply to those workers who are supplied by a temporary work agency ...
Since the abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA), it is no longer permissible for an employer to dismiss an older worker on the ground of ...
The levels of protection available for different investments underwritten by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) are detailed on their ...
The Government provides guidance for businesses on complying with the Bribery Act 2010, which came into force on 1 July 2011. The Act was originally ...
The long-running series of disputes between employers in the hospitality industry and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) concerning the taxation of ...
Most business people know that for family businesses there are generous Inheritance Tax (IHT) reliefs, which generally operate to make assets used in ...
With businesses becoming insolvent in large numbers, opportunities abound to acquire assets from their administrators. However, the low prices sought ...
The Companies Act 2006 became fully effective from October 1st 2009. It is the principal source of law relating to the conduct of companies ...
Since the Companies Act 2006 came into effect, the incorporation of a company has been straightforward as the Act provides an easy to use set of ...
