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Direct marketing messages that appear uninvited on mobile phones are viewed as a plague by many...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has taken steps to support hand sanitiser manufacturers as...

Many insurance policies state that amounts payable in the event of loss or damage to property will...

The consequences of discrimination in the workplace can be truly devastating and compensation...

If you are on the receiving end of a legal claim, sitting on your hands is simply not an option...

Are adjacent commercial properties in common occupation, but divided by a service area, to be...

Anyone who induces an employee to breach his or her contract is guilty of a civil wrong and can...

Works of artistic craftsmanship are, if original, entitled to copyright protection – but...

Many commercial leases ban tenants from subletting the premises and breaching such embargoes can...

Utility providers are subject to tight regulation in order to ensure free competition and fair...

Ascertaining exactly why an employee has been dismissed can be a complicated process. In a case on...

Companies that spend millions on establishing their brands in the public mind have the comfort of...

The burgeoning demand for rented accommodation has encouraged some landlords to create flats which...

If you have bought goods that turn out to be unfit for purpose, the general rule is that you are...

UK equality watchdog the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has issued new technical...

If you receive notice that your commercial property is to be compulsorily purchased to make way...

If you are paid less than a colleague of the opposite sex for doing like work or work of equal...

The ever-increasing dominance of the internet as a sales medium was the focus of a landmark Court...

Do landlords of commercial premises continue to be occupiers of the premises, thus owing a duty of...

Managing a sick employee's return to work can be tricky and employers who fail to act fairly risk...

Deliberate infringement of others' trade marks is a crime and perpetrators can expect severe...

Directors are obliged to put their own interests to one side in making decisions for the benefit...

Commercial tenants whose rights are trampled upon by their landlords are far from powerless and...

Workplace practices that result in employees being treated less favourably because of their age...

Miscreant employees often form the first link in a chain which feeds the black market in personal...

Included in almost every commercial lease is a covenant which confers on the tenant a right to...

The word 'disabled' may bring to mind a person who is physically incapacitated, but the definition...

Unsolicited direct marketing emails, sent without informed consent, are viewed as a modern scourge...

Judges are sadly familiar with attempts to hoodwink them, but the great advantage of the...

Does an agreement to enter into a commercial lease come to an end if the identity of the...