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Government Proposals for Statutory Code on Tied Pubs
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has recently announced its intention to create a statutory Code of Conduct to regulate the relationship between pub companies and their tied tenants.
Posted in: Commercial Property
New flexible working scheme to come into force
Employers are reminded that from 30 June 2014, all employees will have the right to request flexible working.
Posted in: Employment Law
Pensions auto-enrolment guidance
Although small businesses will not be subject to the pensions auto-enrolment requirements until June 2015 at the earliest, they should nevertheless take note of a recently published Pensions Regulator report.
Posted in: Employment Law
Endeavour hosts CIPD briefing
Endeavour’s employment team is hosting the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development’s June briefing on the subject of re-structuring a business.
Posted in: News & PR Employment Law
Restrictive covenants and goodwill agreements
A High Court case illustrates that it is not always in an employer’s best interests to immediately place an employee on garden leave, or seek injunctive relief against a departing employee when they leave to set up in competition.
Posted in: Employment Law
Tenancy deposit schemes: section 21 notices
Landlords will welcome the High Court’s comments on when sanctions for non-compliance with the tenancy deposit scheme (TDS) legislation are triggered.
Posted in: Commercial Property
Protect company properties from fraud – new Land Registry protection available
As part of its programme to help tackle and prevent property fraud, the Land Registry has launched a new Form RQ(Co) allowing a company to register a counter-fraud restriction on its registered titles.
Posted in: Commercial Property
Endeavour advises on Scarborough North Bay Water Park project
Endeavour Partnership, advised client, Benchmark Leisure, on its plans for a multi-million seaside water park in Scarborough which has just been given final approval by Scarborough Council.
Posted in: News & PR Commercial Property
Break clauses in commercial leases
Tenants should take note of a Court of Appeal decision that emphasises the need to pay close attention to all the requirements of a break clause, including the formal requirements, and to follow them precisely. The court held that a notice purporting to exercise a break clause in a lease was ineffective because it failed […]
Posted in: Commercial Property
Confidentiality during employment and after termination
In what appears to be one of the few times that a judge has felt justified in allowing the inspection and imaging of employees’ computers, the High Court has recently ordered that an employer may instruct an independent computer expert to inspect and take images from the personal computers of two former employees.
Posted in: Employment Law