This week the House of Lords has rejected for the second time the proposals to introduce employee shareholder status, as set out in the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. In short, employee shareholder status would see employees relinquish certain key employment rights (such as ‘ordinary’ c...
Updated on 22nd May 2013, 11am
A contractor has been found liable for the damage caused by a factory fire even though the client was partly responsible for what happened.The contractor had been hired to refurbish a factory roof. This required providing a suspended scaffold cage which contained gas-powered heaters.Part way through...
Updated on 22nd May 2013, 11am
When drawing up contracts with automatic renewal clauses it is important to ensure that you fully understand what is being agreed.Failure to do so can prove costly, as demonstrated in a recent case before the High Court. It involved an IT company and a bank that had entered into an agreement.There w...
Updated on 22nd May 2013, 11am
Many UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are struggling with cash flow and are relying on their reserves to finance growth, according to new research.The British challenger bank, Aldermore, surveyed 300 SMEs and found that 38% are depending on cash reserves to fund future development. A furt...
Updated on 22nd May 2013, 11am
The creator of the classic 1980s children’s programme, Button Moon, has triumphed in breach of copyright and passing off claims against a businessman who sold a range of t-shirts and mugs bearing strikingly similar designs. The Patents County Court granted artist, writer and puppeteer, Ian All...
Updated on 22nd May 2013, 10am
Cheshire Professionals is a new corporate membership organisation set up to promote and grow the professional and financial services sector in Cheshire and Warrington. The group is part of the Cheshire Hub, the business portal for Cheshire and Warrington, and is supported by Marketing Cheshire.Follo...
Updated on 21st May 2013, 9am
Justine Watkinson, Head of Employment at Hillyer McKeown Solicitors and Heather Hobden from Icon Business Solutions are teaming up to deliver an exclusive interactive workshop.Held in Warrington, the session will offer practical fixes & solutions to four of the most pressing issues that SME&rsqu...
Updated on 20th May 2013, 12pm
An internet company director has been banned from running a business for eight years.Alexis Stone, a director of Bike Insurer Services, was banned after he paid himself or his American company ahead of other creditors, and now cannot run a business until May 2021.The specialist motorbike insurance c...
Updated on 17th May 2013, 5pm
A recommendation by the Legal Services Board to add will writing to the list of reserved legal activities has been rejected by the Lord Chancellor.The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) published Lord Chancellor's decision last Tuesday (14th May 2013). The decision notice acknowledged that the report submitt...
Updated on 17th May 2013, 3pm
Wirral law firm Hillyer McKeown have welcomed news that local rugby club, Anselmians RUFC, the club which they sponsor, have been awarded a ‘Better Facilities’ grant of £10,000 from ...
Updated on 16th May 2013, 11am
