Professional sport & employment law: Player & manager settlement agreements
Employment
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Tier 1 ranked sports lawyer Tim Copplestone looks into factors to consider when a player or manager leaves their club, resolving the termination of their current employment contract.
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Tim Copplestone
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Understanding the significance of heads of terms in commercial agreements
Commercial contracts and agreements
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Heads of term can be problematic, particularly where discussions stall or the parties fail to enter into the main contract. In this article we set out the most common issues which arise in relation to heads of terms.
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Amy Peacey
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202 employers named and shamed for failing to pay national minimum wage
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Following investigations by HMRC which concluded between 2017 and 2019, 202 employers have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay their staff the legal minimum wage.
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Adverse Possession and Rights of Way – The search for an unequivocal act
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The recent High Court decision in Amirtharaja v White highlights the difficulties in trying to establish adverse possession of land which is being used for access.
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Arena Television collapsed at the end of 2021 with debts of £280 million. Loans from 55 lenders had been secured against thousands of items of broadcasting equipment that simply did not exist.
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Better the devil you know – The move from LIBOR to SONIA
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Lenders are currently faced with the decision of whether to: (i) explore other proposed “risk-free” rates (“RFRs”); (ii) switch to Bank of England Base Rate; (iii) only offer fixed rates to their corporate borrowers; or (iv) explore other pricing mechanisms.
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