Archive for November, 2011

Estate agent entitled to commission even if completion did not take place Foxtons v O’Reardon, High Court

30 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Foxtons were sole agents for O’Reardon in respect of the sale of a £2.5m property. Foxtons introduced a purchaser. O’Reardon and the purchaser exchanged contracts for the sale, but the purchaser pulled...

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Seed EIS – a kick-start for start-ups

29 November 2011 | Joss Alcraft

The Chancellor announced during his Autumn Statement today that people who invest up to £100,000 in a qualifying new start-up business would be eligible for income tax relief of 50 per cent. This relief...

Tags on this discussion: corporate_tax tax EIS SEIS Seed_EIS seed_capital Autumn_statement Chancellor Budget

Councils need counselling for better data protection

28 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

There have been 1,035 cases of personal data loss by 132 councils in the past three years. These are the findings of Big Brother Watch, after it had submitted a freedom of information request to ascertain...

Tags on this discussion: councils data data breach data breaches data controller data loss data protection data protection act Data Protection Act 1998 data protection directive data protection laws Data Provider data security data subject DPA FOIA freedom of information Freedom of Information Act 2000 freedom of information request ICO Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office Information Commissioner’s Office Local Council misuse of data personal data request for information sensitive personal data

Government announces its plans for employment law reform

28 November 2011 | Michael Delaney

Following on from the Government’s proposals to reform the employment tribunal system, the Government has also outlined its plans for future employment law reform. The Business Secretary Vince Cable...

Tags on this discussion: Acas compromise agreements concilaition Criminal Records Bureau disciplinary procedures employment tribunal flexible working grievance national minimum wage parental leave protected conversations Rapid Resolution Scheme recruitment recruitment agencies Redundancy Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations tribunal TUPE unfair dismissal Whistleblowing

Government announces its proposals for “the most radical reform to the employment law system for decades”

28 November 2011 | Michael Delaney

The Government recently published its official response to its Resolving Workplace Disputes consultation on reforming the employment tribunal system. It has now finalised the proposals that will form...

Tags on this discussion: Acas compromise agreements Employees Employers employment tribunals Mediation protected conversations Rapid Resolution Scheme tribunals unfair dismissal

Government publishes plans to integrate income tax and NICs

28 November 2011 | Iain Donaldson

The Government has set out its plans for the reform of income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs.) In March 2011, the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published its interim report on the...

Tags on this discussion: Employees Employers HM Revenue & Customs HMRC Income Tax National Insurance NIC office of tax simplification OTS tax Taxation

Lord Justice Jackson to beef up Case Management?

28 November 2011 | Justine Ash

Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent next year. Once implemented, changes will be made to the Civil Procedure Rules which will ensure...

Tags on this discussion: Case Management; Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill; civil litigation costs;

Murky trade mark mess as German Merck takes action against Facebook for US Merck use of Facebook page

25 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Merck KGaA has applied for a court order to receive information from Facebook after the German drugs giant claims to have discovered that the social networking site had allegedly allowed its American pharmaceutical...

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ICO publishes briefing on the future of data protection in the EU

25 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a briefing outlining the European Commission’s (EC) proposals to reform the Data Protection Directive, and sets out its views on a number of...

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OFT investigates pharma sector patent settlement agreements

25 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is investigating patent litigation agreements relating to paroxetine. Paroxetine is a medicine used in the treatment of disorders such as depression and...

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Archive for November, 2011

Estate agent entitled to commission even if completion did not take place Foxtons v O’Reardon, High Court

Seed EIS – a kick-start for start-ups

Councils need counselling for better data protection

Government announces its plans for employment law reform

Government announces its proposals for “the most radical reform to the employment law system for decades”

Government publishes plans to integrate income tax and NICs

Lord Justice Jackson to beef up Case Management?

Murky trade mark mess as German Merck takes action against Facebook for US Merck use of Facebook page

ICO publishes briefing on the future of data protection in the EU

OFT investigates pharma sector patent settlement agreements

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