How far can you lien?
A lien only applies to charges due in relation to improvement or repairs. It does not apply if goods are just maintained in working condition.
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Are employers using drug testing to avoid redundancy payments and cut costs?
Employers cannot force people to have a drug test unless it is an established policy which employees have agreed to.
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Is there no safe haven for offshore bank accounts
Currently HMRC have 70,000 cases of suspected tax loss involving UK based individuals arising from earlier bank information notices.
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Extension of Flexible Working Regulations
Employees whose children are under 16 year old (previously 6) or disabled children under 18 years old can request flexible working hours.
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New Statutory Payments from 5 April 2009
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) rose to £123.06 per week.
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Controlling Shareholders can be considered employees
The importance of this specific case arose when a company became insolvent and a payment was claimed from the Secretary of State for a redundancy situation.
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County Court pleadings cannot be considered a grievance
An employee made a counterclaim in a County Court case brought by her employer for breach of contract.
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Irish Car Dealer in a pricing fix
Irish Citroen dealer was fined £145000 for setting minimum prices with other local dealers
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B2B or comparative advertising caught by the Business Protection for Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 (BPRs)
An advertisement is considered misleading if it potentially deceives the recipient of the message and the deception is likely to affect the decision to purchase or the deception causes injury to a competitor.
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Beware if Trading Standards get a ‘crush’ on you
The vehicle was forfeited by the Trading Standards who proceeded to arrange for the vehicle to be crushed by a local salvage company.
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Insurance Warranty News- Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) on Administration Charges
The change follows the loss of a case by HMRC regarding the charging of IPT on insurance administration contracts.
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Dismissal Procedure – a helpful decision for employers
In a recent case (Smith Knight Fay v Mc Coy 2009) an employer had announced an intention to dismiss before issuing the Step 1 letter and holding the Step 2 meeting.
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