…to ensure that current and former staff members abide by confidentiality clauses in their employment contracts. The case concerned a professional firm whose director of business development and marketing had been dismissed on six months’…
…not be traced. The only evidence that such a document existed was a copy of a self-drafted will, completed on a shop-bought form, that the man had sent to his partner’s mother. In those circumstances,…
…and complications can arise in respect of wealth that has been generated post-separation. Prior to a professional couple’s marriage, the wife had been the bigger earner and enjoyed an income in excess of £1 million…
Fortunes spent on establishing successful brands would be largely pointless without trade mark protection and, as a High Court case showed, that is why professional advice from an intellectual property expert represents a sound investment….
…unwise it is to take such a course, and that sensible directors take professional advice at the first sign of trouble. The case concerned a group of companies engaged in the business of property development…
…light of a case in which an IT professional’s misdeeds earned him three lengthy terms of imprisonment. The man worked for a company that developed highly confidential algorithms used in automated financial trading. Over a…
Inheritance Tax (IHT) represents a huge burden on many estates but, with the right professional advice, there are effective ways of reducing it. In one case on point, a High Court ruling had the effect…
Compensation awards to clinical negligence victims may seem generous, but long lives and the escalating costs of care mean that they are no larger than needed. That was certainly so in the case of a…
…NHS doctor whose health collapsed after he was bitten by a mosquito during a trip to India. With the blessing of his employer, an NHS trust, the doctor took professional paid leave so he could…
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