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The Upper Tribunal (UT) has declined to set aside a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) not to make an order for costs in favour of a company which successfully appealed against an improvement notice served on it by the local housing authority under...

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has concluded that a doctor who provided services to a hospital through a personal services company was an employee for tax purposes. The doctor had provided his services as a urologist to two hospitals through a company of which...

A nurse who was subjected to bullying behaviour by a colleague has succeeded in her claim of constructive unfair dismissal against the NHS trust she worked for ( Hamilton v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust ). The nurse had begun working...

If you discover that someone else has registered a UK domain name which is similar to your business's own name or trading style, you can make a complaint to Nominet UK through its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). Recently, an architectural company succeeded...

A case in which the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) refused a company permission to make a late appeal against demands for import duty and VAT serves as a warning to businesses to ensure they understand their potential liabilities and, if they wish to appeal a...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has rejected an appeal against the dismissal of an employee's complaint that unauthorised deductions had been made from his wages because he did not receive an additional day's pay or a day off in lieu when he worked on...

Under Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 , where a landlord undertakes qualifying works with a cost of more than £250 per lease without consulting the leaseholders, the contribution from each leaseholder will be limited to that sum....

The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in a case which clarifies how the test of whether members of a limited liability partnership (LLP) have significant influence over its affairs for the purpose of determining whether they are 'salaried...

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has rejected a supermarket chain's application for summary judgment on its claim that a trade mark it was accused of infringing was invalid. A company claimed that the supermarket chain had infringed a trade mark...

As part of its Working Minds campaign, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called on employers to support workers' mental health during Stress Awareness Month. Employers are encouraged to focus on one of the campaign's five Rs for each week of April....