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Credit Card User Strikes Blow for Consumer Rights
Credit Card User Strikes Blow for Consumer Rights
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A woman who was duped into ploughing more than £20,000 into fraudulent ‘land banking’ schemes has struck an important blow for consumer protection after the High Court upheld her right to her money back from a credit card company. The woman had been dishonestly persuaded
Law Firm Precluded From Acting in $2 Billion Claim
Law Firm Precluded From Acting in $2 Billion Claim
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In a case which underlined the limitations of Chinese walls and ethical screens, a top international law firm has been ordered to cease advising a client in a $2 billion commercial dispute despite pointing to a battery of precautions that it had taken to ensure
House of Commons Workers Must Submit to Pay Freeze
House of Commons Workers Must Submit to Pay Freeze
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Three disgruntled members of staff at the House of Commons, who had their remuneration frozen for more than two and a half years due to Government cuts, have failed to convince the High Court that they have a contractual entitlement to regular, automatic, pay rises.
VAT on Lap Dancing Vouchers Analysed
VAT on Lap Dancing Vouchers Analysed
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With almost £500,000 at stake, five lap dancing clubs have failed to convince a tax tribunal that they are not liable for VAT on the commission that they charge dancers on the redemption of vouchers which enable punters to carry on spending after they run
High Seas Piracy Triggered Contract Dispute
High Seas Piracy Triggered Contract Dispute
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Pirates who hijacked a freighter off the coast of Africa, stealing its valuable cargo of premium motor oil, could not have imagined that their actions would lead to a novel commercial dispute between charterers and ship owners in a London court. Fifteen armed men attacked
Revised TUPE Guidance
Revised TUPE Guidance
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Published Monday 3rd February 2014, 07:00 AM The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) have been amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, which came into force on 31 January 2014. In the light
Extension of Flexible Working Rights – Implementation Delayed
Extension of Flexible Working Rights – Implementation Delayed
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The Government has announced that, owing to delays to the Children and Families Bill, it will not be possible to extend the right to request flexible working arrangements to all employees who have completed 26 weeks’ qualifying service as from 6 April 2014 as originally
British National Party Defeated in £389,000 Will Dispute
British National Party Defeated in £389,000 Will Dispute
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In a case which threw up novel issues relating to wills and foreign donations to UK political parties, the British National Party (BNP) found itself in legal hot water after failing to convince the High Court that it was entitled to inherit £389,000 left to
Airport Operators Accused of Abusing Dominant Market Position
Airport Operators Accused of Abusing Dominant Market Position
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A company that for over 30 years ran a lucrative coach service from Luton Airport to central London – but which lost its concession to a competitor following a tendering exercise – is mounting a multi-million-pound compensation bid, claiming that the airport’s operators abused their