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Starbucks employee wins discrimination case
In the wake of the negative publicity over their payment of tax in the UK, Starbucks finds itself facing more criticism following the Employment Tribunal’s recent decision finding that the company had discriminated against a dyslexic employee.
Buying a Horse – The Legal Aspects
The recent publication of the British Equestrian Trade Association’s 2011 National Equestrian Survey reminds us that whether as a hobby or profession, buying a horse will inevitably be a significant investment, both financially and emotionally.
Restrictions on title – protecting interests in property
In property and private client work we often find ourselves explaining how a person’s interests in a property that is registered with the Land Registry can be protected by entering a restriction on the title to that property.
Training Compensation; the Category 4 loophole?
In the latest of a series of articles discussing training compensation, we take a look at a potential solution that players and their advisers might consider where (a) they can not sign for a new club without the former club being due training compensation and (b) whether due to the cost of that compensation, the merits of the player or the attitude of other clubs (or a combination thereof) the player is struggling to find a new club willing to sign him.
Franchise Focus: A recent decision confirms there is no implied duty of good faith and upholds a non-compete restriction against a franchisee
In the recent case of Carewatch Care Services Ltd v Focus Caring Services Ltd & Ors (2014), the court found for the franchisor and enforced restrictive covenants and step-in provisions in franchise agreements.
Player Solidarity Payments: a hidden goldmine?
After advising a lower league football club this week that they were owed substantial sums of money in respect of a player solidarity payment, it has occurred to me that many clubs – in these difficult economic times for most clubs outside of the elite – could be losing out on a small fortune.
Vicarious liability: how much responsibility must an employer bear?
A recent Court of Appeal decision highlights the increasingly far reaching liability of employers for the actions of their employees. Judgment in JGE v The Trustees of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust was handed down on 12 July 2012.
Goldsmith v Patchcott and another [2012] EWCA Civ 183 – Liability when trying a new horse
Yesterday the Court of Appeal dismissed Kara Goldsmith’s appeal against the finding of Judge Christopher Walton sitting in Newcastle County Court last year that she had voluntarily assumed the risk of the injuries that she suffered when being thrown from a horse she was trying with a view to buy.