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Company Directors – Do You Really Understand Your Statutory Obligations?

Company Directors – Do You Really Understand Your Statutory Obligations?

Directors who do not fully understand the complex duties they owe to the companies they serve expose themselves to a risk of personal liability. That was certainly so in the case of two honest businessmen who unwittingly made unlawful distributions from their company’s reserves prior

Individual Hardship Tips the Balance Against Non-Compete Covenant

Individual Hardship Tips the Balance Against Non-Compete Covenant

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When deciding whether to enforce non-compete covenants in employment contracts, judges often have to perform a delicate balancing exercise between protection of legitimate business interests and individual hardship. A High Court ruling in a recruitment industry dispute provided a perfect example of that happening. A

Professor Wins £2 Million Slice of Profits Generated By His Invention

Professor Wins £2 Million Slice of Profits Generated By His Invention

Creative people who are ‘employed to invent’ have historically enjoyed few rights to the financial fruits of their labour. However, in a landmark ruling that signals a significant change to that position, the Supreme Court awarded seven-figure compensation to a professor whose brainchild proved a

Stables Worker Injured By Spooked Horse Wins Substantial Damages

Stables Worker Injured By Spooked Horse Wins Substantial Damages

If you are injured at work due to your employer’s failure to keep you reasonably safe, you should seek legal advice straight away. A livery stables worker who did just that after she was injured by a spooked horse won more than £90,000 in damages.