Under Section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA), employers have a duty to consult with appropriate representatives of employees concerning forthcoming redundancies if 20 or more employees are
In a case which starkly illustrated the uncomfortable fact that the biggest threat to business success may come from within, the High Court has come to the aid of a financial services company whose
In emphasising that the purpose of the appellate process is to correct errors of law and that it is only very rarely appropriate to challenge a trial judge’s findings of fact, the Court of
In a ruling which illustrates that even corporate titans can fall foul of intellectual property laws, Microsoft Corporation will have to re-christen its ‘SkyDrive’ cloud storage service after a judge found that the name
In a ruling that gives useful guidance on the tax treatment of employment-related share options, the First-Tier Tribunal has rejected a taxpayer’s appeal against a substantial tax demand notwithstanding his plea that he joined
A group of slaughterhouse and cutting plant owners who received unwelcome bills from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) will not have to pay them after the High Court ruled that the charges sought to
A local authority’s social services budget has been thrown into chaos after the High Court unleashed a barrage of criticisms of the way in which it set the fees it pays to private care
Much has been made of the announcement of the ‘new order’ in policing tax avoidance and evasion following the recent G8 conference. Here is what was agreed. The G8 Lough Erne Declaration
In a ruling that paints a clear dividing line between personal, familial and business relationships, a father who lost more than £300,000 in managing the careers of his professional golfer sons has failed to
In a guideline ruling which helps to identify the somewhat wavy line between single and multiple supplies of goods for VAT purposes, the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) has ruled that verandahs attached to zero-rated static
