Commercial Client

  • Dispute resolution case stemming from transfer of assets

    The Healys dispute resolution team in London recently acted for a minority shareholder of an estate agency business in relation to a potential claim against the company's directors and other shareholders following the transfer...

  • E-Litigation in Commercial Law

    Healys' commercial litigation solicitor, Carolyn Wilson, explores how hopes of the "paperless Court file" are progressing. The English Court has taken a long-awaited step into the 21st century by enabling parties to commence and progress...

  • VAT on Business Assets With Private Use

    HM Revenue and Customs have issued a new brief covering the common situation in which assets are bought which are used for both business and private use. Traditionally, this could be dealt with either by claiming only the percentage of the input VAT...

  • Tips for Business Borrowers

    With the economy seeming to be slowly improving, businesses will be thinking about financing the expected expansion of trade. Borrowing cost often dominates the thinking, but it isn’t all about the cost of the loan. In order to negotiate the right...

  • Companies Act Model Articles - Think First

    The Companies Act 2006 came into effect fully on 1 October 2009.   One of the advantages of the Act is that it has made the incorporation of a company easier by creating a new and simplified set of model articles of incorporation. However,...

  • Registering a Trade Mark

    Your business has its own unique brand and reputation and it is vital in a competitive marketplace to ensure that these are protected from unscrupulous third parties. Some business owners do not believe there is any point in registering their trading or...

  • Settling the Volcanic Ash Fallout - Stranded Workers

    As yet more volcanic ash poses problems for thousands of employees wishing to go abroad on annual leave, many workers remain stranded, are unable to return home and cannot return to work. Increasingly, it is becoming necessary for businesses and employment...

  • Volunteers are not covered by the Disability Discrimination Act

    In X v Mid-Sussex CAB it was confirmed that 'volunteers' e.g. unpaid charity or Citizens Advice Bureau workers, are not protected by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) or the EU Framework Directive. The Claimant (X), who was disabled, was a...

  • Dress code and discrimination

    "A code which applies a conventional standard of appearance is not in and of itself discriminatory" In the case of Danise v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis , the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) held that asking a male employee...

  • Risk assessments for pregnant workers

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed in the case of O'Neill v Buckinghamshire County Council , that certain preconditions must be met for an employer to fall under a duty to conduct a risk assessment for a pregnant worker. It held that there...

  • Sex discrimination - Extent of pregnancy protection during IVF treatment

    In the case of Sahota v The Home Office the Employment Appeals Tribunal considered the extent of protection from sex discrimination for women undertaking in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. It considered whether IVF treatment was to be treated as...

  • Top 5 Considerations to Combat FIFA Fever

    Healys' employment law solicitor, Victoria Regan, considers how a major sporting event can affect a business. The FIFA World Cup 2010 is only days away, running from 11 June 2010 to 11 July 2010, but many employers are still unprepared and yet to consider...

  • Stigma damages possible in discrimination proceedings

    In Chagger v Abbey National plc the Employment Appeals Tribunal handed down guidance when calculating financial loss in discrimination cases. The Court of Appeal held that when an employee is dismissed on discriminatory grounds, the dismissing employer...

  • Sham redundancy can't hide age discrimination

    "younger, entrepreneurial profile" = age discrimination Mr Achim Beck, a 42 year old banker, has won an age discrimination claim against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) after the firm made him ‘redundant'. Mr Beck was head of...

  • Belief in climate change can be a philosophical belief

    In the case of Grainger plc and others v Nicholson , the Employment Appeals Tribunal held that a genuine belief in man made climate change and the alleged resulting moral imperatives, is capable of being a ‘philosophical belief' in accordance with...

  • Enforceability of credit agreements

    As reported in the Law Society Gazette, a recent High Court decision ruled that a credit agreement was still enforceable even though the bank was unable to provide a copy of the actual agreement since a reconstructed copy was acceptable. While the case may...

  • Instructing a good professional negligence lawyer is paramount

    According to Ministry of Justice research published recently, most consumers cannot tell a good lawyer from a bad one.  According to the survey, 83% of the 939 respondents agreed with this statement " most people would not know how to tell a...

  • Safeguarding a Tenant's Deposit - An Overview

    The expert commercial litigation solicitors at Healys in London and Brighton look at the Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme as set out in the Housing Act 2004 and associated litigation to illustrate how it can safeguard both tenants and landlords. Taking...

  • Civil litigation funding imported from the US

    Lord Justice Jackson's review into civil litigation costs was recently published (14 January 2010). The report makes a series of recommendations and focuses particularly on how litigation of small and medium claims will operate. One of his recommendations...

  • Money laundering suspicions

    As reported in a recent edition of the Law Society Gazette, law firms could find themselves being sued for reporting suspected money-laundering. This follows a recent Court of Appeal decision pursuant to which HSBC is now required to prove in Court that its...

  • We take calculated risks

    We pride ourselves on being an entrepreneurial law firm in that, in a number of areas, we are prepared to take calculated risks for the mutual benefit of the firm and our clients. We display this entrepreneurial spirit in a number of different ways to...

  • Healys employment solicitors review compensation limits for unfair dismissal

    February 2010, Healys employment solicitors in London and Brighton review the Annual Compensation Limits for Statutory Employment Claims. When the Annual Compensation Limits for Statutory Employment Claims are reviewed, it is always timely to remind...

  • Defamation - The Legal Dangers of Tweeting

    Healys' litigation executive Gemma Furniss discusses the modern phenomenon of social networking sites and their part in defamation litigation. It seems that everyone is partial to posting a ‘blog' , a ‘tweet' or a comment on a message board...

  • Holiday - use it or lose it. Healys employment solicitors look at a case

    The specialist employment solicitors at Healys in London and Brighton look at an Employment Appeal Tribunal involving an employee's holiday entitlement. In the case of Lyons v Mitie Security Ltd (MS Ltd), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decided...

  • The Duty to Manage Asbestos - HSE Guidance

      According to statistics provided by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), asbestos is the single greatest cause of work-related deaths in the UK. Every year 1,000 people who have been involved in carrying out building maintenance and repair work...
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