Reminder – No Tax Penalty Warning
If you fail to lodge your 2014/5 Tax return with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by 31 January, you will be subject to an automatic fine. No paper reminders that there is a return due
If you fail to lodge your 2014/5 Tax return with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by 31 January, you will be subject to an automatic fine. No paper reminders that there is a return due
Commercial arbitrators are often called upon to address thorny jurisdictional issues where all the parties to a dispute, and its subject matter, have nothing at all to do with the UK. That was certainly so
Employees sadly cannot always be trusted and industrial espionage is a threat which cannot be ignored. In one case, a company received £275,000 in damages and legal costs after a disloyal worker abused her position
Contract disputes can sometimes become so intractable that litigation is the only way of achieving finality. In one case, positions became so entrenched that a corporate jet, which lay at the heart of the disagreement,
The law assumes that experienced businesspeople know what they are doing when it comes to allocating risk. In a case which exemplified that position, the High Court found that a development consortium accepted the risk
In the context of a ground-breaking investigation into whether Google is abusing its dominant position as an Internet search engine and advertiser, a judge has taken steps to ensure that the European Commission and the
In a stern decision of which all litigants should take careful note, the Supreme Court cracked the whip and underlined that tactical manoeuvring and failures to comply with case management orders will not be tolerated.
In the first case of its kind, the High Court has approved a US-style deal by which a bank accused of having inadequate systems in place to guard against bribery will escape prosecution if it
Few industries are more international than insurance and disputes inevitably arise as to the country where disagreements should be resolved. However, one case concerning a catastrophic train crash in America revealed that, at least within
Meeting health and safety rules is often the final entry on small businesses’ priority lists – however, breaking them can have catastrophic consequences. In one case, a hotelier who repeatedly flouted fire regulations was fined