A recent High Court decision provides a warning to company directors who move abroad without updating their address for service on the register of directors. The claimants served the claim form on the defendant (a former director of the claimants) by delivering it to two addresses in England, which he Read more…
Changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) (TUPE) came into force on 31 January 2014. Key changes include the following: Transferees may carry out pre-transfer collective redundancy consultation. The rules on changes to terms and conditions and dismissals have been redrafted to bring the Read more…
The Court of Appeal has held that clauses in a share purchase agreement providing that, in the event of a breach of the seller’s restrictive covenants, the buyer’s obligation to pay deferred consideration would cease and the buyer would be entitled to acquire the remainder of the seller’s shares at Read more…
Businesses will welcome a Court of Appeal decision that dismissed an appeal from a Christian employee who claimed they had suffered indirect discrimination on grounds of religious belief by being required to work on Sundays. The court held that the employer was successful in justifying the requirement to work on Read more…
The Court of Appeal has held that clauses in a share purchase agreement providing that, in the event of a breach of the seller’s restrictive covenants, the buyer’s obligation to pay deferred consideration would cease and the buyer would be entitled to acquire the remainder of the seller’s shares at Read more…
The Attorney General has published guidance to help prevent social media users from committing a contempt of court. The notes, which are available on www.gov.uk and on Twitter, have previously only been issued to print and broadcast media outlets on a “not for publication” basis. They are designed to make Read more…
This month’s Commercial Property update explains what a side letter is and the circumstances in which a side letter may be used. What is a side letter? A side letter is a document that is ancillary to another contract. The key question whenever the content or effect of a side Read more…
Businesses will welcome recent guidance from the High Court on the definition of personal data. The court’s comments will be particularly useful for businesses faced with freedom of information requests and data subject access requests, where the meaning of personal data is difficult to assess. The court’s decision establishes a Read more…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that an employer breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010, when it chose not to pay for an employee with work-related stress and depression to have private psychiatric counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy. Although a Read more…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has highlighted the increasing use of personal devices (such as smartphones, tablets and laptops) for work purposes. The ICO suggests that businesses should update data protection policies and provide staff with guidance and training in response to this trend. The Royal Veterinary College (RVS) recently Read more…