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Recent economic surveys have highlighted the resurgence of the vehicle manufacturing sector in the UK and the important role played by the West Midlands region in that resurgence.  The legal issues that confront those businesses engaged in this sector...

Landlords left in distress? New commercial rent arrears recovery scheme comes into force in April 2014. The right of a landlord to distrain against tenant’s possessions for non payment of rent is an ancient common law remedy which arises from a...

Clare Wiseman and Aasha Choudhary attended the Professional Darts Players Association Players Championship 13 in Wigan, providing valuable, on site access to legal advice during the Championship to assist players with any personal or business related issues....

A report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research predicts that the set-up costs of automatic pension enrolment will average £8,900 for small businesses (four or fewer employees) and £12,600 for small-to-medium-sized businesses. The...

A recent Court of Appeal decision highlights that the question of whether an employee's refusal of suitable alternative employment is reasonable will depend on the circumstances of the particular employee. The decision also underlines the importance,...

New guidance on direct marketing has been published by the Information Commissioners Office. The guidance aims to help businesses comply with their data protection obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer's failure to provide an impartial grievance appeal process (by allowing an employee to appeal to a different manager than the one who had heard the original grievance) could amount to a...

Employers should take note of what appears to be the first case to consider the effect of a successful internal appeal on a prima facie case of indirect sex discrimination. The EAT held that an employee had not suffered indirect sex discrimination when her...

The Department for Communities and Local Government has introduced a new empty property rate relief scheme for newly built commercial property. Relief will be available for new properties completed after 1 October 2013 and before 30 September 2016 that are...

On 10 October 2013 Clare Wiseman was elected as Vice-Chair of Resolution West-Midlands at the AGM. This is a prestigious appointment to a highly active and important group for family law. Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers and other...