The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE 2006”) provisions should not be applied to a service provision change connected with a single specific event or task of short term duration. In Liddell’s Coaches v Cook and others UKEATS/0025/12, Mr Cook was employed as a coach driver by Liddell’s Coaches (“Liddell’s”) who provided […]
Read more >This case concerned the entitlement of an agent, Spectrum Agencies (“Spectrum”), to compensation for the damage it suffered as a result of the termination of its agency agreement by the principal, Crocs Europe BV, under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (“the Regulations”). The ability of Spectrum to claim damages under these Regulations in […]
Read more >On 30th October 2012 Nick Hurd the Minister for Civil Society laid the draft secondary legislation before Parliament which is needed to give effect to the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Subject to Parliament’s approval the charity sector could have a new corporate and legal structure designed specifically for them, with the possibility of the Charity […]
Read more >You may never have heard of the term “Conservation Area” until your solicitor tells you that he has the result of his local authority search and this indicates that the property you hope to buy is in a conservation area. As you will be aware, if you want to make alterations to a property you […]
Read more >You may not have come across the Landlord and Tenant Act 1730 or the Distress for Rent Act 1737 and it might seem anachronistic today to rely on statute that is nearly 300 years old. However these Acts contain valuable provisions relating to tenants who fail to give vacant possession of premises at the expiry […]
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