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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
Tribunal statistics for 2009/10 reveal marked increase in claims
Borrowing Advice for Businesses
Whole Agreement Clause Determines Payment Schedule
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
Additional Paternity Leave for New Fathers
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
Travel sector chaos of volcanic proportions
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
Online Bankruptcy
Damages for Wrongful Dismissal
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
The Perils of Settling for Less
Budget Action Points for Businesses
Safe Working at Height
Additional Paternity Leave for New Fathers: Lords Approves
What Profits Are Distributable?
Mayo Wynne Baxter delivers latest seminar in conjunction with Hays Human Resources
Moving Premises? Don't Forget the Tax Man!
A Warning to Company Directors
Data Protection Fine Proposals and Direct Mail Cull
Can You Justify Your Service-Related Pay Scheme?
Will Your Premises Be Shown The Yellow Card?
Improved Payment Performance
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
Sickness and Holiday Leave
Intellectual Property Insolvency Clause Unfair
Landlord Pays Price for Failing to Inform Tenant
Online Trading- Protecting Your Business
Debt Recovery and Small Claims in Europe
Companies Act Changes Afoot
Community Planning
HMRC Attack Insurance Arrangement Fee
Companies Act Changes - Purchase of Own Shares
Mayo Wynne Baxter delivers seminar in conjunction with Hays Human Resources
Moving Target Causes Headache for Contractors
Private Landlords Hit By Rent Arrears
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
Freeze on Planning Application Fees
Garden Grabbing
Key Words Do Not Breach Trade Mark
The 'Final Straw' and Constructive Dismissal
Mayo Wynne Baxter kicks off 2010 with seminar in conjunction with Hays Human Resources
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
Tribunal Awards Changed as of 1 February 2010
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
Mayo Wynne Baxter links up with Hays Human Resources
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
Employment Team Launch EmployEasier- Fixed Fee Advice Scheme
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
Killian Pretty Review Consultation: Planning applications, including Design and Access Statements
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
Streamlining Planning Applications
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
Relief for Landlords Over Notices
Receiverships Boom as Economy Slumps
Tax Man Issues Expenses Claim Guidance
Secure Tenancy Revived = Rights Revived
Tips and the Minimum Wage - Proposals
Health and Safety - Increased Penalties Loom
Trade Marks - Speed of the Essence
Read the Insurance Policy - or Else
Lucky Landowner Lands a Million
Companies Act - Latest Changes
When is a Controlling Shareholder an Employee?
Provision of Financial Assistance for Purchase of Shares
Successor Not Comparator
New Rules for Company Names
New Minimum Wage Rates - A Reminder
Risk Assessments and Routine Activities
Advocate General Supports Retirement at 65
Guidance on Letters of Intent
The Burden of Proof and Unfair Dismissal
Single Shareholder Companies - Cases on Hold
Guidance on Limitation of Auditors Liability
Redundancy - Definition
HMRC to Target Professional Partnerships
A Director is a Director
M&S Whisleblower Dismissal - Who is Right?
Tribunal Proceedings - Intimidating Conduct
Agency is a Matter of Fact
Auditors Seeks Limitation of Liability
Age Discrimination Applies to the Young, Too
End of Lease Tips
Case Shows Dangers of Contract Variations
Points Based System of Immigration - Time Running Out
Construction Insurance - Even Less Clear
Small Business Rate Relief - Time Running Out
EPCs for Commercial Property - Are You Ready?
New Minimum Wage Rates
Car Fuel and VAT - Your Options
Discrimination by Association - ECJ Rules
Court of Appeal Overturns Tenant Win in Consumer Law Case
Price Rigging - Construction Companies Under Scrutiny
Time Off for Dependants - How Long is Reasonable?
Certainty Needed in Stage Payments
New Powers for ICO for Data Breaches
Company Deeds get Simpler
Tips - Government to Review Law
Better Tax Clearance Procedures
Thwaites Defeats 'Speculation'
Making Your Site Safe - Requirements
HSC and HSE Merger
Consultation on Training
Mediate Properly - or Pay
Unfair Dismissal and Retirement on Grounds of Ill Health
Insurance - For Physical, not Economic Loss
Retirement Age Challenge - Today's the Day
Landlord and Tenant - Update
Benefit to Business to Determine Fine?
Corporation Tax Returns - Enquiry Window
New Guidance on Employment Status
Directors' Disqualification - New Criteria
Option to Tax - Time to Think
Consultation on Draft Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance
Who Can Read Your Emails?
Amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act
Mother Wins Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claim
Employing Illegal Migrant Workers
Immigration - Tighter New Rules for Skilled Foreign Workers
New CCTV Guidelines
New Fuel Rates
Unfair Dismissal Claims - Extension of Time Limits
Premises Defined in Right to Buy Case
Employers Warned to Take Hearing Damage Seriously
Increases in Statutory Holiday Entitlement
Age Discrimination Changes to Benefits
Lesbian Soldier Wins Discrimination Claim
Buyer Pays Penalty for Missed Deadline
Patent Office Issues Guidance on Software Patents
Warning For Directors on IP Breach
Late Night Taxis New Tax Guidance
IVAs - New Code of Conduct
Only Real Loss Can be Claimed
Amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act
Noise at Work in the Music and Entertainment Sectors - A Reminder
VAT Reclaim Limitation Unlawful
Patent Office Issues Guidance on Software Patents
Statutory Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Pay Rates
Failure to Consult on Redundancy - Costs Danger
Price-Fixing Brings Criminal Prosecutions
Right to Buy - Lords Decision May Open Floodgates
Energy Performance Certificates - Are You Ready?
The Corporate Manslaughter Act is Ready and Waiting for the Unwary
Court of Appeal Rules on the Employment Status of Agency Workers
Director - Employee or Not?
Copyright Law Relaxation Ahead?
HMOs - Reminder for Landlords
Directors' Duties Under the 2006 Companies Act
Landlord Loses 'Too Big' Accommodation Ruling
Director Who Signs Carries the Can
Capital Allowances - Last Few Days
Making Your Site Safe - Requirements
Hearing Damage - New Settlement
Training Costs - Tax Treatment
Disability Discrimination - Employers' Obligations
Guidance on Workplace Hazards
Budget 2008 - Thoughts for Business Clients
VAT Changes - Update
New Rules on Business Record Retention
Immigration - Tougher Penalties for Hiring Illegal Workers
Chancellor to Act to Prevent Tax Abuse?
Flexible Working Rights - Coming Changes
Planning - Use for Part of Process Is Industrial Use
Software Owned by Contractor - Court
It's Freeday Friday
The Employment Status of Agency Workers - Cases on Hold
Dealing With the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
Consultation on Collective Redundancies
Failure to Follow Procedures Proves Costly
Age Discrimination - Challenges
Serviced Building Plots - VAT Changes
Challenge to Tax Treatment of Troncs
HMOs- Reminder for Landlords
Licensing - Changes Proposed to Procedures for Minor Amendments
Policy Wording Stymies Claim
Mixed Goods Can Benefit From Retention of Title
Patent Protection - Legal Groundrules Changed
Capital Gains Tax Changes
Uncooperative Director Banned
Empty Properties and Rates - Change on the Way
Companies Act Revised Implementation Timetable
Directors Duties - the 2006 Companies Act
EPCs - Implementation Dates
Reasonable Repair is Objective, Not Subjective
Tax Trap for PDAs
HMRC Appeals Tips Decision
Glass of Wine is not a Wine Glass!
Work-Related Stress: Employer not Liable
Pleural Plaques - no Claim for Fear
Commercial Value Can Precede Commercial Use
Year End Tax Planning for Businesses
Group Structure Protects Against Employee Breach
Revenue Change Home Computer Rules
Electrical Checks on Office Equipment
HMRC Change Policy on Fraud
Remedies in Contract Law - A Basic Guide
Agency Workers - More Change
Illegal Contract Does Not Create Rights
Who Does Information Belong to?
UKIPO Warns on Image Piracy
Employee or Self-Employed - Mutuality of Obligation
Asleep But On Call
Disabled Employees and Sick Pay
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Asbestos Exposure - Widow of Victim Agrees Settlement
Immigration Law - Timetable for Introduction of Points Based System
Blind Worker Wins Discrimination Case
Defective Compromise Agreements
National Minimum Wage - First Criminal Prosecution
Unfair Exclusion Clause Struck Out
Compound Interest From the Taxman
Disability Discrimination - What is Normal
Revenue Data Loss -- Points to Note
Companies Act Implementation Delays
Publisher Pays Penalty for Failure to Consult
Mouse on Wheels Trade Mark Blocked
Company Bonus Rules - Directors Take Note
Statutory Holiday Increase
Revenue Get Tough on Investigations
Tax Fraud Trap Warning
Trade Mark Registration Procedures Change
Minimum Wage - First Criminal Prosecution
What a Difference a Minute Makes
HCRs - No News is Good News
Government Takes Action Over Planning Bottlenecks
Personal Data Guidance
Companies Act 2006 Changes Affecting Directors
Energy Performance Certificates - Reminder
Clock Ticking on Trustee Opt-Out
Employee or Self-Employed? Mutuality of Obligation
Patent Decisions - First Hearing Crucial
Dangers of Shadow Directorship
Insolvency Dangers - Get it in Writing
Reminder - Minimum Wage
Powers of Inspection by OFT
Company Bonus Rules Changes
The Employment Status of Agency Workers
Computers - HMRC Move Goalposts
It's What is in the Contract That Counts
When Tax Dodging Becomes Financial Crime
Overworked Driver Wins Damages from Employer
Whistleblowing and Reasonable Belief
Points Based Immigration Timetable
Taxman Loses Promotion Costs Challenge
Service Charge - Landlords Take Note
Inducement to Break Contract Must be Deliberate
Contract Exists Despite Breach of Terms
IP Awareness Campaign
Age Discrimination Legislation Challenges
Sex Discrimination and Letters to Employees
Internet Use at Work - Risks Ignored
Revised Licensing Guidance
WEEE Regulations - Take Back Scheme
Registry Decisions Do Not Bind Court
Family Company Beats Taxman
Defect Must Be Known to Start Clock
Arctic Systems - Family Companies Breathe Sigh of Relief
Holiday Leave Entitlement to be Increased
Disciplinary Warnings - No Validity After Expiry
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