High Court Aids Widow Left in Precarious Position by Husband’s Death

When a company becomes insolvent, whether or not a shareholder and director is an employee, within the meaning of section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, for the purposes…

Successive governments have recognised that the spirit of entrepreneurialism, though deeply ingrained in the UK’s culture, is not really very well supported by the financial institutions. In an attempt to…

A company and its director, who were originally fined £96,000 and £14,000 respectively following breaches of Health and Safety law, which led to the death of an employee The fines…

Core Duties A director is in a fiduciary position to their company. These duties include: a duty to act and use their powers in good faith, in the best interests…

Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2007. From that date Romanians and Bulgarians have the right to travel throughout the EU. However, employers should note…

Two recent cases illustrate the sense in taking advice on avoid contract disputes and commercial litigation from clumsy and imprecise language and latent ambiguities in legally binding documents and formation…

When a company is set up, it is common to divide the shares in it in approximately equal proportions amongst the shareholders. Whether or not this proves to be the…

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that the obligation on an employer, under section 188 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, to consult over collective redundancies…

The Charities Act 2006 was given Royal Assent in November 2006. It gives additional powers to the Charity Commission to suspend or remove trustees from charities or to give specific…

There are specific rules that normally apply when an employer enters into a compromise agreement in order to prevent an employee from taking action on a particular matter at the…