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Dec

2020

Using Self-Employed contractors without legal advice is a risky business

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Some businesses are persistent in engaging self-employed individuals without the benefit of professionally drafted contracts or taking the required advice. This is viewed as a needless expense. As a High Court case showed, however, such informal...

Nov

2020

Health and Safety is all about realism and context – High Court Guidance

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Discerning whether an employer has breached its health and safety duties following a workplace accident is no mechanistic process and is all about realism and context. The High Court made that point in the case of an engineering technician who broke...

Nov

2020

Parliament entitled to close perceived tax loophole retrospectively

Written by Baljit Chohan

There is nothing inherently wrong with Parliament legislating retrospectively in order to plug perceived tax loopholes. The High Court resoundingly made that point in rejecting claims that a back-dated change in the law violated the human rights of...

Nov

2020

Football Club scores goal in dispute over sponsorship deal commission

Written by Roy Colaba

Many agents and marketing companies earn their livings by charging commission on the successful introduction of buyers to sellers. However, a case concerning a multi-million-pound football sponsorship contract showed that such arrangements often beg...

Nov

2020

Insolvency proceedings catch up with corporate 'Citizen of Nowhere'

Written by Leanne Schneide...

It is often critical in insolvency proceedings to locate a company's centre of main interests (COMI). As a High Court case strikingly showed, that can pose a major challenge in an online age where many businesses operate in the ether and shift from...

Oct

2020

Facing forfeiture of your commercial lease? Consult a lawyer without delay

Written by Sydney Mitchell

If you are a commercial tenant and your landlord is for any reason threatening to forfeit your lease, it is crucial that you take legal advice without delay. In a case on point, the High Court came to the aid of a tenant whose shop premises were...

Oct

2020

Buying a Business? Always engage a professional to carry out due diligence

Written by Roy Colaba

Dispensing with professional advice and buying a business on nothing more secure than a handshake is a recipe for disaster. That was certainly so in the case of an entrepreneur who found himself in a sea of trouble after purchasing the assets of a...

Sep

2020

Confidential data leaked to a competitor? Consult a lawyer today

Written by Dean Parnell

Technical data and know-how are the crown jewels of many businesses but there is an ever-present risk of them being leaked to competitors by disloyal employees. As a High Court case showed, however, victims of such deceit are, with the right legal...

Aug

2020

Developer v Architect – High Court Guidance on the Professional Duty of Care

Written by Sydney Mitchell

One of the main advantages of seeking advice from professionals is that you always have the comfort of knowing that they owe you a legal duty of care. The nature and extent of the duty owed by a firm of architects to a property developer came under...

Jul

2020

High Court urges end to gladiatorial combat in big-money divorce case

Written by Karen Moores

One might think that wealthy couples with more than enough money to meet their reasonable needs would find it easier to fairly divide their assets on divorce – but that is far from always so. A case on point concerned a former couple who spent more...

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highcourt

Using Self-Employed contractors without legal advice is a risky business

Health and Safety is all about realism and context – High Court Guidance

Parliament entitled to close perceived tax loophole retrospectively

Football Club scores goal in dispute over sponsorship deal commission

Insolvency proceedings catch up with corporate 'Citizen of Nowhere'

Facing forfeiture of your commercial lease? Consult a lawyer without delay

Buying a Business? Always engage a professional to carry out due diligence

Confidential data leaked to a competitor? Consult a lawyer today

Developer v Architect – High Court Guidance on the Professional Duty of Care

High Court urges end to gladiatorial combat in big-money divorce case

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