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Director's Liability and Limiting Exposure (Corporate Finance)
8 Apr 2008
The Companies Act 2006 creates new duties and therefore potential liabilities for directors. However, there are ways in which those liabilities can be addressed to help reduce a director's exposure.
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UK Budget - 12 March 2008 (Corporate Finance)
12 Mar 2008
Summary of Business Tax Changes and Proposals
Unfair dismissal – expired warning could be taken into account when deciding whether to dismiss (Employment, Pensions and Benefits)
8 Feb 2008
in certain circumstances, an employer may take expired disciplinary warnings into account when deciding whether to dismiss an employee
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Copyright theft: It’s closer to home than you realise (IP and Technology)
7 Feb 2008
A crackdown on copyright theft current being conducted may be much closer to your own business than you realise
Holiday entitlement during sickness absence (Employment, Pensions and Benefits)
25 Jan 2008
The Advocate General handed down her opinion yesterday...
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The Companies Act 2006 – Directors' Duties and Responsibilities (Company Secretarial)
22 Jan 2008
...codifies and replaces the existing combination of statutory and common law duties of directors, with the intention of bringing clarity to this area of the law.
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Legal privilege and in-house lawyers (IP and Technology)
3 Oct 2007
“Legal Professional Privilege” is the English-language, European law expression for the immunity from seizure of communications
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Companies Act 2006 – implementation update (Company Secretarial)
1 Oct 2007
The most recent updates to company law through implementation of the Companies Act 2006 (the “2006 Act”) came into force on 1 October 2007
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The Companies Act 2006 - advice for companies limited by guarantee (Charities)
1 Oct 2007
This briefing note highlights key provisions of the 2006 Act which came into force on 1 October 2007 - focusing on those which are of particular relevance to companies limited by guarantee.
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Mediation - an introduction (Dispute Resolution)
12 Sep 2007
In recent years mediation has frequently been asserted as the smart man’s alternative to litigation. But what does the process involve
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Corporate homicide in Scotland (Dispute Resolution)
2 Aug 2007
...the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 finally received Royal Assent last week...
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First Scottish case allowing lease termination for dilapidations (Dispute Resolution)
5 Jun 2007
A three-judge appeal court in Edinburgh has issued an important commercial leasing decision on landlords’ options to terminate leases.
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CIS - Are you ready for the new regime? (Employment, Pensions and Benefits)
19 May 2007
The changes from 6 April 2007
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CDM regulations 2007 (Construction)
24 Mar 2007
A guide to the transitional provisions.
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The Companies Act (2006) (Company Secretarial)
8 Dec 2006
Initial Implications for Quoted Companies
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Costume Wars - Copyright storm over the troopers (IP and Technology)
15 Nov 2006
The Journal - 15 November 2006
Whistle blowing rights extended to ex-employees (Employment, Pensions and Benefits)
10 Jul 2006
Once again, referee whistle blowing has come under the media spotlight and as of July 2006, employers should be aware that ex-employees are now covered under extended legislation protecting whistleblo
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