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New measures being planned to ensure SMEs are paid on time

The government is planning to ease the cash flow burden on small firms by making the boards of large companies accountable for late payments to suppliers.

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Property owner must pay £81,000 for work completed on cancelled job

A dispute between a property owner and builder has been settled by the High Court, with the owner ordered to pay for work completed, even though he was not happy with it and the job was cancelled.

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Worker was discriminated against because of poor language

The Employment Tribunal has ruled that a transport worker was discriminated against because of his ‘lack of command’ of the English language.

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Court ruling enables company to remove estranged director

A High Court ruling has enabled a company to remove a director who had become estranged from the business following a dispute over alleged breach of duties.

Estate agent not signed up to redress scheme fined £3,000

An estate agent has been fined £3,000 for not being a member of all the required redress schemes for the services it covered.

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Buyer of insurance firm compensated for warranty

A company has been compensated for a breach of warranty after it bought an insurance firm.

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