Solicitor London - Moorhead James LLP

 

Are Your Website Images Legal? - The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has reported a noticeable increase in calls to its helpline from businesses that inadvertently included on their websites images that are protected by copyright and subsequently received demands for payment .... more

Case Shows Difficulty of Removing an Administrator - If a creditor of an insolvent business believes that their position could be improved by the administrator of the business taking legal action, but the administrator refuses to do so .... more

Collective Redundancy – The Election of Employee Representatives - If an employer is 'proposing to dismiss as redundant' 20 or more employees at one establishment, within a period of 90 days, the collective consultation provisions of Section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations .... more

Company Must Follow Rules - When a company is in financial difficulties, the details of its internal regulations tend to be near the bottom of the list of considerations when directors are making decisions .... more

Director Pays Price for Private Arrangement with Customer - The law relating to the fiduciary duties of directors is stricter than many company directors might think, as a recent case illustrates .... more

Disability Discrimination – Failure to Make Reasonable Adjustments - Under Section 4A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), employers had a duty to make reasonable adjustments to working practices in order to ensure that a disabled employee was not disadvantaged .... more

Failing to Prevent Bribery – Are You at Risk? - The Bribery Act 2010 came into force on 1 July 2011. It created a new offence which can be committed by a commercial organisation if it fails to prevent persons associated with it from committing bribery on its behalf .... more

Get in in Writing! - A recent case concerning a lease over a property in Manchester illustrates yet again the importance of making sure that any matters under negotiation which are crucial are agreed in writing and unequivocal .... more

Integrating the Operation of Income Tax and NICs - The Government is proposing to integrate the operation of the Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions systems, as announced in the 2011 Budget .... more

Jockey's Attempt to Breach Covenant Falls at Second Fence - A covenant can either represent a commitment to do something or a commitment not to do something. In either case, the party faced with a breach of the covenant has a range of options available to them for obtaining a legal remedy .... more

Late Legal Representation Proves Expensive - The director of a company who decided to defend his company himself against a copyright infringement claim has found that failing to take legal advice early on in the proceedings has cost his company dear .... more

Offer Must Stand, Rules Court of Appeal - When making an offer to settle a legal claim before it reaches court, a formal offer is made which is called, in legal circles, a 'Part 36 offer', after the section of the Civil Procedure Rules that governs the making of offers .... more

Tenants Warned Over Compliance with Lease Terms - When you are required to transfer a property once it is sold or at the end of the lease, you are required to give the new occupant vacant possession .... more

Unclear Lease Terms Cost Subtenant - When rental values fall, a variety of approaches can be adopted if a tenant, locked into a lease at a rental which is above the current market rental, wishes to sublet all or part of the let premises .... more

Your Email May Create a Contract - Emails are often not thought of as having 'weight', in the sense of creating contractual relations, but a recent case shows how unwise it is to be less than careful about what you put in your email .... more