Pity the poor pub landlord. Beset with considerable drops in income, increases in taxation, the significantly reduced consumption of beer and news that many more villages are now “dry”, as pub closures mount, the ban on smoking is largely regarded as salt poured into a wound.
An intra-group transfer of assets at less than market value will be a distribution in kind, and therefore subject to the statutory rules on distribution.
The Court of Appeal, in Dynamex Friction Ltd and anor v Amicus and ors 2008 has held that an employment tribunal correctly concluded that dismissals effected by an administrator were not transfer-related where there was no collusion between the administrator and the director of the insolvent company who eventually purchased its assets and business.
Chairman’s Casting Vote: Since October 2007, there has been some uncertainty about the status of the Chairman’s casting vote.
Court of Appeal guidance on the burden of proof in ‘whistleblowing’ claims:
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The Court of Appeal has recently ruled that only in exceptional cases will an agency worker be held to be an employee of the client customer.
Useful guidance has recently been given by the Court of Appeal in determining whether car parking regulations introduced to alleviate congestion on an industrial estate were reasonable. A group of owners who used their units for car repair businesses had applied for an injunction to prevent a new car parking scheme from being implemented by the Management Company and sought an order that the new arrangements unreasonably interfered with their right to park. The High Court had determined that the schem
Various parts of the Companies Act 2006 came into force on 6 April 2008. One important change provides that it is no longer necessary for private companies to have a company secretary.
The main changes brought about by new legislation coming into force on 6 April 2008 are:
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