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:
A material change of use of land or a building will amount to “development” and therefore require planning permission. If a use continues without planning permission, a local planning authority must take enforcement action within 10 years from when the breach occurs. If not, the land will gain rights to continue the existing use and no enforcement action can be taken. A local planning authority can issue a Certificate of Lawful Development if a land owner or a user makes the appropriate application.
Advocate General has held that public statements of a discriminatory recruitment policy amount to direct race discrimination.
The general rule is that no VAT will be charged on the sale of business assets provided that the assets being sold will be used by the Buyer in carrying on the same kind of business as that carried on by the Seller.
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