It has now been expressly confirmed that the UK is to opt into the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – after much debate and uncertainty. In any event, the GDPR will automatically be binding in the UK when it comes into force in May 2018 as the UK will still be a member of […]
The legal structure of your business will have a big impact on your responsibilities and taxation. If it becomes apparent as your business grows and changes that an alternative structure would be better for your business, you can change your business structure but this can give rise to significant costs and tax liabilities. Therefore it […]
The legal structure of your business will have a big impact on your responsibilities and taxation. If it becomes apparent as your business grows and changes that an alternative structure would be better for your business, you can change your business structure but this can give rise to significant costs and tax liabilities. Therefore it […]
The Royal Commission has handed down an interim report into their investigation into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Catholic orders such as the Christian Brothers, the Marist Brothers and St John of God have been noted with a high proportion of alleged abusers after the Commission heard over 4500 claims of child sexual abuse […]
Limited companies are currently permitted by law to be a director of another limited company, but companies must have at least one natural person as a director under the Companies Act 2016. However, whilst corporate directors are to be abolished under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (2015 Act) – the relevant provisions […]
Limited companies are currently permitted by law to be a director of another limited company, but companies must have at least one natural person as a director under the Companies Act 2016. However, whilst corporate directors are to be abolished under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (2015 Act) – the relevant provisions […]
05/12/2016 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that businesses risk breaching consumer laws on unfair terms by leaving too long a time between contract reviews. The CMA has just published its results following research into unfair contract terms, which looked at businesses’ behaviours regarding unfair contract terms with consumers. Unfair contract terms are […]
05/12/2016 The Rubik’s Cube – the multi-coloured game cube that has baffled the nation since the 1980s – has been the subject of an EU court ruling in which its trade mark protection has effectively been removed. The Rubik’s Cube had been protected since 1999 under an EU trade mark registered as a 3D shape […]
06/12/2016 Companies and their directors are reminded of the need to exercise caution in respect of their sales tactics following recent convictions for aggressive sales practices. A company, and one of its directors, have been successfully prosecuted for breaches of reg.7(1) Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPUTR).1 An elderly and vulnerable customer put […]
19/12/2016 A landmark High Court ruling has held that a piece of software licensed on a perpetual basis falls within the legal definition of ‘goods’ for the purposes of the Commercial Agency Regulations 1993 (CAR). Recent ruling It has, until the recent High Court decision, been considered that software would not generally be classified as “goods” […]
20/12/2016 The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will apply to all EEA countries and companies that conduct business in them from 25 May 2018 and despite Brexit, the government has confirmed that the UK will implement GDPR. This article looks at the implication of GDPR for employers and what practical steps employers should be taking […]
In the recent case of Clarence & Crisp [2016] Fam CAFC, the parties had been in a same sex relationship from which a daughter was born through an artificial conception method, one party provided the egg and the other party was the birth mother. The birth mother alleged that the parties were separated at the […]