 As readers are no doubt aware, the subject of VAT is never straightforward in any area but we have addressed the main rules and issues surrounding sale of business as a going concern and opting to tax property.Â
The Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 SI 2009/595 have now been published. The Regulations extend the right to request flexible working to carers of children under 17 from 6 April 2009. The right previously applied to carers of children under six or disabled children under 18. For copies of the Regulations go…
 After full consultation with the HM Treasury and stakeholders, the Home Office announced that a new Vetting and Barring Scheme will be implemented from 12 October 2009.  It is expected that the scheme will provide a much more comprehensive and consistent measure of protection for vulnerable groups across a wide range of settings.
The Working Time Regulations 1998 entitle a worker to one rest break during the course of the working day where the daily working time exceeds six hours, and not one break for each and every six hours worked. Corps of commissionaires Management Ltd v Hughes  Â
A worker who is on sick leave for the whole of an annual leave year is still entitled to take their full entitlement to statutory holiday or be paid for it.Â
The EAT determined that when neither party intend the substitution clause to apply, the clause a sham. Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd v Buckborough and anor
The government has published Regulations which is designed to simplify the GPDO, but increases the range of permitted developments and reducing red take. The amendments came into force on 1 October 2008. (The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2008)
The European Commission has published its proposals for a revision of the Maternity Leave Directive (No.92/85).
Choice of law clauses in contracts determines what law governs a contract and this can be crucial in contractual dispute. We will be looking at this clause, not from the perspective of seasoned international traders, but from the perspective of small traders and consumers involved with ecommerce.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has updated its guidance to make clear who must notify UKBA, via the sponsorship management system, when a transfer under TUPE results in the transfer of migrant workers sponsored under the new points based immigration system.
