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€150,000 GDPR fine for wrongly using “consent” as a basis for processing personal data of staff
09 August 2019
The Greek Data Protection Authority ("DPA" the equivalent of the UK's Information Commissioner's Office/ICO) has just fined PWC €150,000 for GDPR breaches in connection with its processing of employee data....
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Private Client Issues – August 2019
08 August 2019
Welcome to this month's edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan's monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. Insight and advice on developments affecting private individuals. A...
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Councils left vulnerable in recovering business rates following recent Court of Appeal Decision
07 August 2019
In a recent decision in the Court of Appeal, two local authorities (the Claimants) lost 'test cases' after attempting to recover business rates arising from empty properties. The impact the...
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Supreme Court gives significant decision on restrictive covenants
06 August 2019
Restrictive covenants are a useful tool for employers to protect their competitive edge and to reduce the risk of 'star employees' leaving to join competitors. However, failure to draft restrictive...
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Stamp Duty Land Tax 3% surcharge ‘Replacement of only or main residence’ and the three-year rules
05 August 2019
The higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax are intended to apply to purchases of additional residential properties, such as second homes and buy to let properties. The design of...
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Applying proportionality in costs law
01 August 2019
Proportionality has been an omnipresent concept in costs litigation since the Jackson Reforms came into play on 1 April 2013. Yet despite this omnipresence and importance, it is a concept...
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Local Authority Matters – July 2019
30 July 2019
Boris is now in number 10, the weather is breaking all heat records and Brexit, the complete unknown, continues to hog Government airtime. You wouldn't be mistaken in thinking the...
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HMRC clarify a point on the SDLT treatment of properties with self-contained annexes
29 July 2019
The Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) treatment of properties with self-contained annexes is complicated, but HMRC have recently clarified one point. They confirmed on 23 July 2019 that, where the...
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Successful Lifetime Proprietary Estoppel Claim
26 July 2019
In Guest v Guest [2019] the High Court dealt with a proprietary estoppel claim, brought whilst the parties were still alive. The claimant, Andrew Guest, brought an action against his...
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Employment Appeal Tribunal: Covert recording of meetings isn’t always misconduct
25 July 2019
The EAT (Employment Appeal Tribunal) has recently considered the issue of an employee's covert recording of a meeting with HR and held that there are various circumstances when it would...
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Employment Law: The ins and outs of dress codes
22 July 2019
What should employers consider when introducing a dress code policy? Employment Law solicitor Olivia Lawrence explores in more detail. There is nothing inherently wrong with organisations having a dress code...
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Property businesses and Data Protection Compliance: estate agency fined £80,000 for failing to keep tenants’ data safe
19 July 2019
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has just announced it is fining estate agency Life at Parliament View Ltd (LPVL) (trading as LiFE Residential) for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed...
