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Can beneficial treatment be unfavourable?
Discrimination arising from disability – a low threshold for unfavourable treatment.
New year – new start
Katie Burley identifies some important resolutions you’ll want to keep.
Uber rights for drivers?
Ian Machray gives a legal update on whether Uber drivers are workers or self-employed.
Demystifying overage
What is “overage” all about? Michael Higgin helps landowners who are new to the topic to understand what it is and how it all works in practice.
Avoiding the perils of copy and paste – ensuring you have water-tight terms and conditions for your website
Charlotte Burroughs, solicitor in the Commercial & Technology team, looks at the dangers of copying and pasting website and terms and conditions.
Tenant instability: Minimising the impact on Landlords
In light of the worrying trends in the retail market, Michael Higgin considers how landlords can minimise the impact of tenant’s financial instability on landlord’s rental income.
2018: The Year of the Company Voluntary Arrangement (“CVA”)
Mark Banham, Associate in the Property Litigation team, explains the key features of a company voluntary arrangement (“CVA”) and considers the advantages and disadvantages of CVA’s and the tension that CVA’s often create between landlords and tenants.
Sick of contractual breaches
Ian Machray explores whether a dismissal for sickness absence was in breach of an implied term.
Is the gig up?
We report on an employment status case that considered whether drivers for a taxi company were in fact workers.
Holidays – don’t ask don’t get?
Pay for accrued leave when employment ends.
Anatomy of turnover rents in retail leases
A look at turnover rents – when they are used, how they work and what the pitfalls might be.
