Practical legal guidance for freelancers and sole traders covering IR35, contracts, data protection and insurance.
DAS is a leading legal expenses insurer and supports thousands of businesses each year in their fight against unfair dismissal claims. Here they explore what actions smaller businesses need to take to ensure that dismissal, redundancy or any changes to an employees’ terms and conditions do not result in a huge legal bill
As Cadbury trade marks the purple colouring associated with their brand and Christian Laboutin wins protection over the iconic red soles of their shoes, Ian Wood and Mary Bagnall of Charles Russell, look at the ability to protect your companies colour.
Mark Kingsley-Williams, Director of Trade Mark Direct gives us his top ten tips to sorting out your trademarks.
Robert Gibson, Managing Partner of Samuel Phillips Law Firm and a specialist in employment law, warns that the introduction of fees for claimants in employment tribunals will do nothing to ‘weed out’ the vexatious claims which waste the time of both employers and the courts.
We asked Jane Crosby, Solicitor at Hart Brown to give us her opinion on the proposed changes to employment law.
The latest steps in reforms to the employment tribunal system have been unveiled by Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb with the announcement of the Regional Mediation Network pilot scheme provider.
In a recent survey Ernst & Young found that 72 per cent of middle managers in the UK are unaware of the Bribery Act which came into force last July.
The Olympic Games may be the greatest sporting event in the World but, unless you are one of the few privileged sponsors, you may find yourself sued or even prosecuted for seeing the Games as a marketing opportunity, Giles Dixon, solicitor and founding director of ContractStore.com explains some the rules around the Games.
Cyber crime is growing. In 2011, Trustwave, the cyber security firm, performed 42 per cent more investigations into suspected data breaches than in 2010 – largely due to a jump in sophisticated hack attacks on companies’ computer systems.
Employment tribunal changes will come into effect on Friday that will make it easier for businesses to take on staff and improve the process when staff have to be let go.
The majority of employees in England and Wales will be looking forward to the additional day’s holiday this year to celebrate 60 years of the Queen’s reign. However, for some employers the additional holiday, Susan Evans, Partner at Lester Aldridge explains what to do if you think that will bring you a contractual headache.
The draft Patent Box legislation remained intact at its first reading in Parliament, with just some minor tinkering at the edges according to a leading firm of patent attorneys.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills today launched a consultation on proposals to make it easier for Trading Standards officers to tackle rogue traders across local authority boundaries.
Twitter can be a fantastic marketing tool, but you need to be aware of the legal implications. Let me explain how to not fall into some of the pitfalls.
A relative new kid on the social media block, Pinterest is growing quickly, with rating figures suggesting that UK traffic increased almost 50% between December and January alone.
