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  • 06 September 2016
  • Corporate and M&A

Three “Ms” to help avoid the suppliers nightmare of a key customer who can’t pay

In the first quarter of this year, in England and Wales, 3,694 companies and 20,383 individuals were unable to pay their debts and went into a formal insolvency procedure (The Insolvency Service: Insolvency Statistics – January to March 2016). It goes without saying that these statistics mean that a very considerable number of suppliers to companies or sole traders will have been left as unsecured creditors, likely to receive a fraction only (or nothing at all) of what they were owed for goods or services supplied.
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  • 02 September 2016
  • Employment

Bringing the National Living Wage to Life

Since it was announced in the July 2015 Budget, the National Living Wage (NLW) has received much comment, both negative and positive.
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  • 02 September 2016
  • Employment

Pay protection can be a reasonable adjustment

The EAT has recently held that protecting a disabled employee’s pay following his move to a lower paid role was a reasonable adjustment.
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  • 30 August 2016
  • Employment

Home workers: how to measure performance?

With flexible working arrangements on the rise it's important that employers take action to maximise the effectiveness of these arrangements and ensure that the performance of homeworkers is measured accurately.

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  • 18 August 2016
  • Employment

Failing to anonymise – the cost

Employers should ensure that they have adequate training in place on data protection obligations otherwise they run the risk of facing a costly breach of privacy claim.
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  • 18 August 2016
  • Employment

To strike out or not to strike out?

In the recent case of Arriva London North Ltd v Maseya, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a party’s case should only be struck out in exceptional circumstances.
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  • 18 August 2016
  • Employment

Termination payments – changes to tax treatment

In July last year, we reported that the Government had launched a consultation on simplifying the tax treatment of termination payments. After some delay, it has finally published its response along with draft legislation which sets out the changes it has decided to make.
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  • 15 August 2016
  • Commercial Real Estate

Vacant Possession: Do I have to remove partitions?

The exercise of break clauses can cause tenants great difficulty, especially where the break clause is subject to conditions. It is common for break clauses to require “vacant possession” and it can be difficult for a tenant to know what exactly this requires them to do. One question which comes up frequently is whether it is necessary to remove partitions in order to give vacant possession.
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  • 12 August 2016
  • Employment

The Importance of Employee Engagement: myth or reality?

In reality Mentoring programmes can be a key ingredient in creating a positive working environment and in encouraging greater collaboration within organisations. Companies demonstrating their willingness to invest in their employees in this way are more likely to create an engaged workforce.
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