Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Employees Responsibilities
Ensuring your employees understand their duties in respect of health and safety and that they are supported in meeting these duties is critical to creating and maintaining a safe and compliant working environment. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 places legal responsibilities on employees to exercise reasonable care concerning the health and safety […]
What Makes Contract Terms Legally Binding?
When drafting or entering into a commercial contract it is important to understand how legally binding contract terms affect all parties to the agreement. Well-drafted contract terms should provide certainty and clarity in respect of the contractual obligations and of the remedies available in the event of a breach of contract. Importantly, however, a contract […]
Patenting in the UK (FAQs)
To protect your invention from being used, made or sold by someone else, a patent can provide legal protection for your intellectual property for a limited period of time. The process of obtaining a patent is in itself protracted and can take up to five years from filing. After this initial period, annual renewal and […]
Employer Withholding Pay? (What to Do!)
An employer withholding pay, whether in part or in full, is also known as a deduction of wages. A deduction is when you are paid less than the total amount that you are due. There are limited circumstances in which an employer can lawfully deduct or withhold your wages, but where these do not apply, […]
Poaching Staff (Can We Stop Our Competitors Taking Staff?)
Poaching staff and hiring talent from a competing company can help bring commercial and tactical advantage to your business. But if it is your employees that are at risk of being ‘poached’, this can have a devastating effect on your business, not least where a particular individual or team of employees are highly valued within […]
What is Extradition?
Extradition is the process whereby one country requests that another country returns to them an individual accused of or guilty of a crime for the purpose of trial or imprisonment, and that the individual is transferred to the requesting country. The governing legislation in the UK is the Extradition Act 2003. Where an extradition treaty […]