Blog Category: Insights
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News & Insights
It’s our way or the highway – what if private sector employees foll...
You will no doubt be aware of NHS junior doctors’ strike action over the Government’s intended changes to their pay and hours. The BMA is...
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10 Common Myths about Separation and Divorce
1. Divorce always ends up being fought out in court leaving spouses feeling angry and hostile towards each other. Court is only necessary...
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Service Occupancy Agreements
A service occupancy agreement arises when an employer requires an employee to reside in a property that is owned by the employer for the ...
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Does your business tenant want to assign his lease?
Where do you stand as a landlord of commercial premises whose tenant wants to assign his lease to someone else, perhaps because he is sel...
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Separation? Don’t look back in Anger? – When can Financial Orders c...
Most couples go through many months of blood, sweat and tears to reach an agreement regarding their finances following separation. In mo...
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Cybercrime & Security Breaches – Protecting your Business Online
A number of high profile hacking incidents have recently made headlines, with companies such as TalkTalk, JPMorgan & Fidelity being a...
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European Court of Justice Declares EU-US Safe Harbor Framework Invalid
The Court of Justice of the European Union has declared that the Safe Harbor framework which enables the transfer of personal data betwee...
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Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) – Goods & Services
Sale of goods The CRA consolidates much of the existing statutory framework and harmonises the rules for all supply of goods, including ...
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Key changes under the Consumer Rights Acts 2015 – a new perspective...
The Consumer Rights Act 2015, which took effect on 1 October 2015, introduces new regulation for e-commerce businesses selling digital co...
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Consumer Rights Act 2015 – what do the changes mean for your business?
From 1 October 2015, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (‘CRA 2015’) introduced a number of key changes in one of the most comprehensive reform...
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Handbags at dawn – EU Court upholds YSL handbag design regist...
High street retailer H&M has lost its challenge against the registration of a handbag design by YSL as community design in a long run...
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First Edition – Corporate Insights Newsletter
Edition 1 – October 2015 welcome. I would like to welcome you to the first edition of our Corporate Insights Newsletter. Circulated...
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Business owner, Landlord or Tenant – which two are you?
If you are thinking of buying, or selling, a business, you could do worse than take your business owner’s hat off and put another o...
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Partners who have resigned can still bind a partnership
A recent Court of Appeal decision held that a partner was jointly and severally liable to a third party for the breach of fiduciary duty ...
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Changes to consumer rights to come into force on 1 October 2015
The government has issued a commencement order confirming that the substantive provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) will come...
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Online defamation – online news service liable for defamatory...
An Estonian online news service had claimed that its national court’s ruling that it was liable for defamatory comments posted by i...