Category: Business
Your terms of business may not reflect the current legal requirements, and this could expose your business to financial loss or legal action.
The choice of words is of paramount importance in the drafting of contracts. In the case of Soteria Insurance Limited v IBM United Kingdom (2022), the Court of Appeal clarified the court’s approach when interpreting exclusion clauses. After a disputed invoice and IBM’s attempt to terminate the contract, Soteria accepted IBM’s repudiatory breach of contract […]
A recent High Court decision highlights the importance of being clear about the parties to a contract. When a customer brought a claim for defective building works against six difference defendants, the Court had to consider which of them had entered into the contract. The builder tried to argue that the contract was with his […]
A worrying statistic has just been revealed – 1 in 5 people do not feel they can seek justice. Over half of those surveyed believe it is too expensive to seek legal assistance. At Hedges Law, we are proud to offer a range of funding arrangements for the services we provide. Those seeking legal assistance […]
The ambiguity and in some cases outright refusal surrounding business interruption payouts from insurers has been the cause of many sleepless nights for business owners up and down the country. It therefore comes as no surprise that the possible lifeline extended to them by the decision of the Supreme Court may be the dose of […]
You may remember that British Airways were in the news last year when hackers managed to steal personal data from their website by re-directing customers to a fraudulent site. 500,000 customers were affect. Wel, in one of the first fines the ICO have issued under GDPR, BA have been fined £183,390,000 (yes, you did read […]
According to the Sunday Times this weekend Next will be asking landlords to agree to a new lease clause to apply where a neighbouring tenant is allowed to pay a reduced rent under a CVA. In such circumstances Next would be entitled to the same rental reduction. No doubt landlords will resist this fiercely because […]
In the latest battle within the gig economy, a tribunal last week ruled that Deliveroo riders in North London are not entitled to basic employment rights because they are not workers. Why are we still talking about this? Well, an example of how Deliveroo staff are treated can be illustrated with this latest example: Under […]
This week’s blog from the fabulous Hero Brown gives us her recommendations for the best cosy pubs across our county in Oxfordshire and our neighbours in Bucks. It just makes me realise how lucky we are to have so many absolute treasures on our doorsteps. So, maybe its a weekend to turn off Strictly or […]
Uber, Deliveroo, Hermes… The list goes on in terms of those cases which have been in the spotlight of wanting to have their employee/worker status recognised. As opposed to the self-employed or contractors, workers enjoy rights such as National Minimum Wage, paid holiday, protection from less favourable treatment if they’re part-time and statutory sick pay. […]
Today I am going to focus on the fact that anything said at a Mediation is Without Prejudice, what this means, and why it is a good thing. The Without Prejudice rule was helpful defined by Lord Griffiths in Rush & Tomkins v. GLC [1989]: “the contents of the without prejudice correspondence … will not […]