Tag: Law

Four years on, and many businesses are still getting to grips with the Data Protection regime that came into effect with the UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Some well-known companies have been stung for not following the regulations, including a whopping €746m fine for Amazon last July (assumed to relate to cookie consents) and […]

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Planning ahead may mean that someone wants to create a lasting power of attorney (LPA) to appoint an attorney – someone they know and trust, who does not need to have legal qualifications – to make decisions on their behalf. These decisions can cover their property and their finances. The Property and Financial Affairs LPA […]

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Why protect your brand? After investing considerable time and resources in developing your brand identity, protecting your brand should be a key consideration. The first step is to identify what intellectual property (IP) your business currently owns and what IP it could develop and own in the future. The best way to do this is […]

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The concept of domicile is currently a hot topic. Our head of tax, Sarah Woodall looks at the law and summarises the opportunities to mitigate tax within the law for those not domiciled in the UK. Sarah goes on to explain the concept of residence here. Domicile and tax on foreign income UK residents are […]

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Your tax residence status as an individual is currently determined by a statutory residence test (the SRT). The SRT is complex and comprises three tests applied in a set order which can make a person either conclusively non-UK-resident (the automatic non-residence test) or conclusively UK resident (the automatic residence test). If neither of these tests […]

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A recent High Court judgment set some markers down for how judges in commercial litigation will approach repeated extension of time applications and how costs incurred will be  assessed; the judgment makes clear that excesses in either area will be questioned at least. His Honour Judge Pelling QC provided some useful guidance in the case […]

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When is “self-employed” not really “self-employed” – and why does it matter? The recent Court of Appeal decision Gary Smith -v- Pimlico Plumbers Limited will have a huge impact on businesses who wrongly classify workers as self-employed contractors. Mr Smith’s legal battle against Pimlico Plumbers (Pimlico) began in 2011 and the first hurdle was for […]

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The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill received royal assent on 8 February 2022 and became law. The Act, which the government describes as “one of the most significant improvements to property law in a generation” will abolish ground rents for qualifying residential long leases once the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has […]

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Agency workers have a ‘day one’ right to be notified of job vacancies to the same degree as direct workers of the employer/hirer; this is established by Regulation 13 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR). But does that right to be notified also extend to a right to apply and to be considered for […]

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As the pandemic continues to have an impact on charities, governors and trustees should ensure that they have checked how and if they can hold meetings, since they may no longer be able to rely on the emergency powers which were previously available to them. The crucial first step is to check your school’s structure. […]

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