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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...

Workplace disciplinary investigations require careful handling and employers who fail to act...

Trade marks are a powerful means of protecting your unique brand, even against much larger or more...

Most leases contain covenants that forbid tenants from doing certain things without their...

It is only too easy for businesses dealing with office politics, poor trading or cashflow...

Consumers do not always read labels, so the packaging of a product, and its colour in particular,...

It is a sad fact that sophisticated fraudsters can intercept emails or other digital traffic in...

Neighbourhood plans are an increasingly common means by which local people are given the chance to...

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) on the face of it imposes a straightforward duty to pay a minimum...

Businesses that store their clients' personal data are under a strict legal duty to keep it...

In a recent property case that will have a bearing on all contractual matters, the High Court...

Few employees would say no if offered shares in the companies for which they work. However, as an...

Shareholder disagreements as to the direction a company should take are generally fought out...

Patent protection is a valuable privilege that is only afforded to ideas and products that are...

Record employment levels mean strong demand for office space, but the need for more new homes is...

People have all sorts of reasons for choosing not to eat meat, and that prompted an Employment...