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Boyce Hatton is delighted to announce the appointment of its Chief Executive, Vicky Thompson.

A company that was part of a group recently found that it had breached its lease when a reorganisation was carried out

If you are formulating a dress code for employees, it is important not to treat one sex less favourably, if you are to avoid leaving yourself open to claims under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. However, this does not mean that the provisions for men and women have to be identical.

An eligible employee whose child is due on or after 3 April 2011 will have the right to apply for up to six months’ additional paternity leave (APL) before their child’s first birthday.

The Government has recently announced a new code of conduct for alcohol retailers. This checklist will help you keep track of the implementation dates for the five new mandatory licensing conditions.

From 6 April 2010 a new right for employees to request time off work for study or training will come into force. It will initially apply to businesses with 250 or more employees and will be extended to all employers, regardless of size, from April 2011.

New powers, designed to prevent serious breaches of personal data security,
are due to come into force on 6 April 2010.

When a tenant’s lease is governed by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, the landlord has limited grounds for refusing to renew the lease. One possible ground is that the landlord wishes to make use of the premises for its own purposes.

A ‘virtual assignment’ is a device by which a tenant effectively appoints another organisation to deal with the practical aspects of its tenancy, in effect acting as attorney for the tenant.

Although there has, over the years, been a plethora of employee share schemes, with varying tax benefits and treatments accruing to them, disputes over the tax treatment on the disposal of such shares are comparatively rare.

The Crime and Security Bill, currently before Parliament, is set to give local authorities the power to impose blanket bans on the sale of alcohol, between 3am and 6am, in entire streets or city centres where these are affected by alcohol-related anti-social behaviour and disorder.

From April 2010, extended data protection audit powers will be available to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

It hasn’t taken the unscrupulous long to realise that using Internet discussion groups and blogs to ‘plant’ favourable comments about their products (and unfavourable ones about those of their competitors) can be an effective way of duping readers for commercial advantage.

The Provision of Services Regulations 2009 came into force on 28 December 2009.
The Regulations apply to the majority of private sector businesses in the UK

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require all employers
to carry out an assessment of workplace risks that could harm employees.

Lord Justice Jackson’s eagerly awaited final report outlining proposed changes to the British system of civil litigation has been published and promises a massive shake-up

Companies House has announced that from now on its ‘WebCHeck’ company search service will be available all day every day.

The Law Commission has been looking into the problems caused by restrictive covenants and easements and in 2008 produced a report highlighting several ways in which the law was deficient.