The High Court recently dismissed the appeal of Lidl Logistics against a Company Names Tribunal decision from November 2022. High Court Decision: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2023/2760.html Original Decision:...
On 5 October 2023, the ECJ issued a preliminary ruling on consumers’ rights to withdraw from auto-renewing subscription contracts under the Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU) (CRD). The CRD gives consumers 14 days to withdraw from a distance or off-premises...
In Sunset Ltd and another v Al-Hindi [2023] EWHC 2443 (Ch), the High Court held that notice of a landlord’s address for service under section 48 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 must be given to the tenant before a statutory demand can be served for unpaid...
The CIPD has published the findings of its annual Health and wellbeing at work survey, conducted among HR professionals in March and April 2023. Key findings include: Sickness absence. The average level of employee sickness absence, at 7.8 days per employee, is at its...
There are a couple of options available in circumstances where a company seeks to register or use a similar company name to one already in use. These are: trade mark infringement (if the existing name is trade marked) passing off (a claim made that the new name is...
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