Personal liability for director's failure to obtain adequate employer's liability cover?
The Supreme Court has held that a director was not personally liable for an insolvent company’s failure to obtain and maintain employers’ liability insurance as required by statute.
29 July 2016
Penalty for employing illegal workers
With the current political spotlight on immigration, employers will want to be particularly careful about the processes that they have in place to avoid employing illegal workers.
26 January 2015
Permission in principle applications for small-scale residential development
A procedure enabling applications for permissions in principle for small-scale residential development is due to apply from 1 June 2018. Here is an overview for local authorities and developers.
23 January 2018
Pay ratios: new reporting requirements
The government has published draft legislation intended to impose new reporting obligations on boards. UK listed companies will now have to publish and justify their pay ratio annually.
18 June 2018
Paying the price for ignoring beneficiary information requests
What information is a trustee obliged to provide to beneficiaries about the running of the trust and what is the risk of ignoring requests from beneficiaries?
01 August 2017
Companies take note: payment practice and modern slavery update
This article provides a summary of new government guidance on both the duty of large companies to report on their payment practices and the duty to provide an annual Modern Slavery statement.
30 October 2017
Partnership disputes – appointment of receivers
Recent case law has highlighted the courts' willingness to allow interim relief in partnership actions in order to 'hold the ring' until the issues between the parties have been resolved.
31 January 2014
Perfect harmony? The EU succession regulations
On 17th August 2015 new EU Succession Regulations came into force. These new regulations bind all 27 EU member states except for the UK, Ireland and Denmark so do we need to be concerned with them?
14 November 2016
Ping fined for anti-competitive online sales restrictions
This case reinforces the importance of retailers’ ability to sell products online and comes after a string of cases where suppliers have sought to restrict retailers’ online activities.
24 November 2017
Industrial to residential permitted development right: what is the impact?
A new permitted development right came into force on 1 October 2017. The new right (Class PA) allows owners to change light industrial units to residential dwellings without planning permission.
26 October 2017
Permitted development rights: change of use of agricultural buildings to residential
Permitted development rights allowing the change of use of agricultural buildings to residential have been expanded to allow up to five homes.
02 July 2018
Patent Update: Virgin Atlantic and Zodiac Seating in Court again
The Court of Appeal judgment in Virgin Atlantic Airways v Zodiac Seats (Ltd) and others marked another decision in this long-running patent dispute.
30 January 2014