Published Tuesday 20th August 2013, 11:33 AM The Intellectual Property Office has issued two new ‘plain English guides for SMEs’ outlining changes to UK designs and patents law in the Intellectual Property Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament. View them below
King Richard III is proving almost as controversial in death as he was in life after the High Court opened the way for his descendants to mount a judicial review challenge to controversial plans to rebury the mortal remains of England’s last Plantagenet king
Controversial plans for the eastward expansion of the Cornish city of Truro have been given the green light by the High Court after it accepted that policy objections to the ambitious proposals were outweighed by the economic, social and environmental advantages that it would
Clients holding shares in AIM listed companies are reminded that the shares will soon be able to be held within an ISA, making gains and income effectively tax exempt. AIM listed shares held in ISAs will also qualify for exemption from Inheritance Tax
In a ruling of significance to public authority employers, a Scottish council has been ordered to disclose information about its staffing levels and pay scales after failing to convince the Supreme Court that publicly revealing such details would violate employees’ rights and contravene the
A recruitment consultant who was confident his employers would take no action after he left to set up a rival business – but who ended up having to pay £100,000 to settle a breach of covenant claim – has failed to convince the First-Tier
In a decision which casts light on the difficult, but frequently important, distinction between ‘annexes’ and ‘extensions’ for tax purposes, a further education college has failed to win a VAT exemption in respect of materials used in the construction of its new art and
If you have a patent that is infringed by another business, you can sue the other business for the infringement as long as the patent is in force and, hitherto, the decision to award damages could not be reversed if the patent was subsequently
In a ruling with critical implications for pension funds and insolvency practitioners, the Supreme Court has significantly watered down the right of pensioners who are left out of pocket when their employers go into administration to seek financial redress, via regulators, from other companies
In a ruling which makes clear that wise employers do not treat disciplinary hearings as mere formalities, a pastry chef who was dismissed after he used non-kosher jam to decorate a cake whilst working at a Jewish bakery has won compensation after a tribunal
