It is a well-established principle of company law that a company is a legal person and separate from its directors and shareholders. However to what extent are group assets relevant to calculating a fine? The Sentencing Council Guidelines state: ‘Normally, only…
Angharad Birch considers the case of City of London Corporation v Mr L McDonnell in which the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a finding of a claim for whistleblowing was based on the correct interpretation of the evidence. Suspension and…
Employment law is a rapidly changing arena, therefore we have set out a list of some of the imminent changes that will affect employers and individuals in the coming months. Note: this article contains no mention of events due to…
Asda Stores Ltd engages predominantly female retail employees and predominantly male distribution employees. They work at different establishments. The female employees brought claims for equal pay and compared themselves to the male distribution employees who were paid a higher salary. A…
One of the UK’s largest ticket re-selling sites, Viagogo, has reached a major settlement with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on the eve of a widely anticipated court battle. The settlement is founded on Viagogo agreeing to a ‘comprehensive…
On 29 October 2018 the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the Budget 2018. We have compiled the highlights and key points that individuals should note. Budget highlights for private clients The personal allowance will be raised to £12,500 from April 2019, one…
The individual who was made the subject of the UK’s first Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) in February this year has been named as Zamira Hajiyeva. She is the wife of Jahangir Hajiyev, the former chairman of the International Bank of…
In October 2017 an English company, CMOC, discovered that it had been the victim of business email compromise fraud. Once hackers had obtained access to the company’s email system they sent multiple prompts to its bank, the Bank of China,…
Earlier this week, the FCA imposed a fine on Tesco Personal Finance Plc (‘Tesco Bank’) in the amount of £16.4 million, pursuant to section 206 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as the result of its handling of…
The corporate world can be a ‘double-edged sword’. On the one hand, there are a number of different ways in which commerce is conducted, meaning that opportunities to conduct business are available and varied like never before. Conversely, due to…
