Welcome to this month’s insolvency update. I have set out below some recent cases and changes to the legislation which may be of interest relating to both corporate and personal insolvency. We would also like to invite you to our new series of Insolvency updates, the first one taking place on Read more…
This month’s update sets out the exemptions from business rates for non-domestic properties. Retail property Retail properties enjoy 100% relief for a continuous period of three months only. Changes of ownership during the three-month period do not trigger a fresh three-month exemption. The exemption applies to the property, not the Read more…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer’s failure to provide an impartial grievance appeal process (by allowing an employee to appeal to a different manager than the one who had heard the original grievance) could amount to a breach of the implied term of trust and confidence. Read more…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer breached section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 when it refused an employee’s request to be accompanied at a grievance hearing by a certified union officer. The employee’s right to choose a companion was an absolute right, subject only Read more…
Landlords and managing agents should be made aware of an Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) decision in favour of a residential tenant who challenged water charges recovered through her service charge. In this case, the landlord had been put on notice that the water charges were excessive and that something was Read more…
Hello, Welcome to Dispute Update, Taylor&Emmet’s bulletin looking at the best ways to avoid, handle and win business disputes. This month’s Boardroom Briefing considers what to do when Trading Standards officers arrive on your business’s doorstep. As usual, we’ll be giving a round-up of some of the more interesting recent Read more…
The Court of Appeal has ordered a defendant to disclose e-mails to the claimant company on the basis of their former relationship as agent and principal. The court confirmed that the principal was entitled to require production by the agent of documents relating to its affairs. Materials held and stored Read more…
A High Court decision provides a classic example of why, when offering or negotiating a settlement of any dispute, it is important to add the words “subject to contract” to correspondence where it is intended that the settlement should not be considered binding until a formal written agreement has been Read more…
Businesses will welcome an EAT decision that an employer did not fail in its duty to make reasonable adjustments by not waiving the requirement for a competitive interview process in respect of an internal vacancy for which a disabled employee was applying. The EAT acknowledged that it would make a Read more…
In a significant change to the law on collective redundancy consultations, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned an employment tribunal’s decision that Woolworths’ employees, who worked in stores where fewer than 20 employees were employed, were not entitled to be consulted collectively. The EAT ruled that the words “at Read more…