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Proposed amendments to the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures Will proposed amendments to the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures make it sufficiently clear that workers will have a right to choose...

In negotiating a business sale agreement, a purchaser should consider carefully the legal implications of requiring a seller who breaches a restrictive covenant to forfeit sale proceeds, says a leading corporate lawyer.  Philip Round, a partner based...

Companies intending to purchase shares from employees should ensure that they fully understand recent changes to the share buyback regime, says a Black Country lawyer. “Regulations which came into force in April 2013 were intended to facilitate...

The Court of Appeal has reinstated an employment tribunal's decision that employees of an insolvent football club, dismissed by the club's administrator shortly before the business was sold, were not automatically unfairly dismissed under TUPE 2006....

Although restraint of trade cases are always highly context-specific, a recent case provides an example of the High Court finding a long period of garden leave to be reasonable in the circumstances. The court found that 12 months was a reasonable period of...

In the first case involving the appeal of a monetary penalty notice (MPN) to be heard at the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber), the Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust lost its appeal against an MPN issued for £90,000 by the...

A High Court judge has provided a useful list of five principles for assessing what is a reasonable notice period where a contract has no defined term and is silent on termination rights. The judge had to consider what a reasonable notice period was to...

A coach transport service in Wolverhampton has purchased new larger premises after securing a six-figure loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Bilston-based Coach Choice on Hickman Road was established in 2000 and supplies coaches to tour operators...

Competing solely on price is not sustainable, says Paul Bennett The failure of law firms like Challinors and Blakemores has thrown the West Midlands legal profession into the spotlight. As lawyers, we can learn much from other sectors of the local...

You will probably be aware that a consumer purchasing goods or services is offered a far greater degree of protection from harsh or unfair contract terms than is the case for a party that purchases goods or services in the course of its business.  This...