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Money Laundering

Monday, 29 June 2015

Do you ever worry about the source of some of the fees that your school is paid? Do you ever have doubts about accepting large cash payments from parents or others?

Articles & Blogs Corporate

European Court Gives Commercial Agent Indemnity Benefit Despite Customer not Being New

Friday, 20 May 2016

Marchon Germany GmbH v Yvonne Karaszkiewicz

Articles & Blogs Technology & Startups

Government Unveils Scheme to Give SMEs £5,000 to Receive Consultancy on Improving their Cyber Security

Friday, 15 April 2016

SMEs will receive vouchers of up to £5,000 each to spend on obtaining specialist advice for improving their cyber security and protection for intellectual property.

Articles & Blogs Partnerships & LLPs

New LLP Control Transparency Rules: Identifying People with Significant Control

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

From 6 April 2016, UK limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and companies must (with some very limited exceptions ), maintain a register of people with significant control (PSCs) over their entity.

Injury to Feelings v Personal Injury - What about tax?

Friday, 05 February 2016

The Upper Tribunal have dismissed a taxpayer's appeal where he argued that compensation from his employer for injury to feelings should not be taxed.

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Annual leave: How Changes in Working Patterns Impact Upon Annual Leave Entitlement

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

A useful decision for employers that will have practical importance when calculating the holiday entitlement of an employee who has changed their working pattern by increasing their hours.

Annual leave: How Changes in Working Patterns Impact Upon Annual Leave Entitlement

Articles & Blogs Higher Education

Data Protection Issues all Higher Education Institutions Should Be Aware Of

Thursday, 01 October 2015

All universities and higher education institutions handle personal data, be it in relation to students, staff or members of the public.

Data Protection Issues all Higher Education Institutions Should Be Aware Of

Articles & Blogs Further Education

The Term 'Apprenticeship' Now Legally Protected

Thursday, 20 August 2015

On 14 June 2015 the government confirmed plans to make the term 'apprenticeship' protected, providing that any unauthorised use of the term would be illegal.

Articles & Blogs Charities

Aggressive Fundraising - The Government Responds

Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Few readers will have missed the sorry tale of Olive Cooke, the Royal British Legion poppy seller whose death hit the headlines earlier this year.

Articles & Blogs Construction

Are You Being Served?

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Unless the employer serves its payment or pay less notices, it should expect to pay the amount applied for - irrespective of the true value of the work actually carried out.

Articles & Blogs Academies & MATs

The Prevent Duty - What it Means for Academies and Maintained Schools

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

From 1 July, all schools have had a statutory duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. This is referred to as the 'Prevent duty'.

Articles & Blogs Public Sector

Do Not Pass Go? - Lifting an Automatic Suspension

Monday, 13 July 2015

In a recent case The Pirbright Institute (Pirbright)[1], made an application for the lifting of an automatic suspension that had been imposed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (the Regulations)[2].

Articles & Blogs Private Client

Farmer's Daughter Excluded from Family Business Awarded Over £1 million

Friday, 26 June 2015

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Davies v Davies highlights the importance of agreeing and managing the expectations of the next generation of the family business as part of wider succession planning.

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Litigation - Claim service

Friday, 19 July 2024

Serving a claim is generally unnecessarily stressful. There is very rarely any sense in leaving it until the last minute (usually 4 months after the claim has been issued) as this massively adds to the trauma.

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Local Government - Information Management

Friday, 19 July 2024

The ICO has confirmed that it is reviewing its two year trial on its public sector approach.

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