Business immigration is an increasingly important area. As an employer, you must ensure that you understand and comply with your legal obligations, regardless of the size of your workforce or whether you sponsor foreign migrant workers. Regardless of the size of your workforce it is vital that you complete Right to Work in the UK checks that are compliant with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Intellectual property (IP) rights, especially those that are registered such as trade marks, registered design and patents, can act as useful deterrents to third parties seeking to take advantage of your intellectual and trading efforts. However, ultimately, any intellectual property right is only as good as your ability to enforce it.
As more people live or get married abroad, we are often called upon to provide specialist legal advice on a variety of international family law issues.
KVB Consultants v. Jacob Hopkins McKenzie: A warning shot for principal firms
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Financial services litigation
The Court of Appeal in KVB Consultants Ltd and others v Jacob Hopkins McKenzie Ltd and others has upheld a High Court decision that principal firms cannot exclude liability for their appointed representatives through drafting contracts which are detached from factual reality.
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Laura Robinson (née Hazell)
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Parliament has approved the new Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (Regulations) which makes it mandatory for any individual working in a care home to be fully vaccinated against Coronavirus.
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Many businesses have encountered the situation where a customer decides to ‘cancel’ the contract, despite having no contractual entitlement to do so. This can leave you in a difficult position.
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