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Buying a Children’s Day Nursery
2014 has seen various deals in the children's day nursery sector and a burgeoning mid-market of providers for whom there are opportunities to expand. Funders are prepared to make capital...
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Norovirus: what are the options for hospitality premises?
Norovirus was in the news again last week, when a suspected outbreak occurred at a caravan park in Devon affecting over 90 campers. According to reports, the River Dart Country...
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A brief guide to the tort of defamation
Defamation is governed by common law and statute law. The most recent statute is: the Defamation Act 2013 (the Act). What is defamation? Defamation occurs when there is publication to...
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The Enforceability of Pre-Contracts in Football
The advent of the transfer window and the Bosman ruling in 1995, which enables players to agree to join a new club six months before the player’s contract with his...
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The NPPF: love it or hate it?
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published in March 2012 with the aim of making the planning system less "elaborate and forbidding". The Government boasted that they were doing...
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Sales agency law – Frequently asked questions
We try to answer some of the common questions that arise during Sales Agency contracts. I am entering a sales agency agreement – what terms should I look out for?...
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What constitutes a deprivation of liberty? (“A gilded cage is still a cage”)
Professor Richard Jones, considers the decision of the Supreme Court in P v Cheshire West and Chester Council; P and Q v Surrey County Council. Background In the case of...
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Giving to Charity – the 36% Inheritance Tax rate
Many people choose to make a gift to a favoured charity during their lifetime or in their Will and, under current legislation, those gifts are exempt from inheritance tax provided...
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Malik v Fassenfelt [2013] EWCA Civ 798
The Court of Appeal has recently handed down its long awaited judgment in the case of Malik v Fassenfelt [2013] EWCA Civ 798. In this case the Court had to...
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Changes to calculating holiday and holiday pay
This article first appeared in the September edition of Payroll World Magazine. Questions over holiday for those on long-term sick leave have become much clearer recently, but which payments count...
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Registered Nurse loses appeal against decision to remove his name from the NMC register
Peter Teong Tatt Chuah, was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council ("NMC") Conduct and Competence Committee panel after they heard that Mr Chuah had received convictions for drink...
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Quoted Companies Alliance new Corporate Governance Code – Not just of interest to quoted companies
The Quoted Companies Alliance's (the QCA) new corporate governance code (the QCA Code) is not just for small to medium sized quoted companies but also a useful guide for unquoted...
