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20

Dec

2022

High Street Retailer's Insolvency Triggers Guideline TUPE Ruling

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Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

When one company acquires all or part of the assets of another, is the former legally obliged to take on the latter's employees on the same terms as before? That issue was the focus of an important Employment Tribunal (ET) case arising from the...

20

Sep

2022

Thinking of Setting Up a Franchise Business? Seek Professional Advice

Written by Julian Milan

The franchising model enables many people to achieve their ambition of setting up in business on their own account. However, as a High Court case showed, it is vital not to let your heart rule your head and such an enterprise should never be...

01

Mar

2021

Encouraging new employees to bring clients with them can be risky

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Written by Roy Colaba

Encouraging employees recruited from competitors to bring their clients with them may not be inherently wrong, but it is often legally hazardous. A Court of Appeal ruling in the context of the travel agency business served to highlight the pitfalls...

30

Nov

2020

Commercial pregnancy ultrasound scanning granted medical VAT exemption

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Written by Roy Colaba

The question of whether particular services are exempt from VAT is a perennial bone of contention which can have major financial and business consequences. That was certainly so in a case concerning the commercial provision of ultrasound scanning...

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