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Articles included this month:

Crackdown on landlords providing unsafe, overcrowded homes
Large firms to state how they prevent slavery in supply chain
Company ‘entitled to treat misbehaving employees differently’
Director must compensate shareholders over breach of duty
Insurers take legal action to stop rival recruiting their staff
Shadow director disqualified after diverting company’s assets

 

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Crackdown on landlords providing unsafe, overcrowded homes

The government is to extend mandatory licensing to smaller and medium-sized properties in an effort to crack down on rogue landlords who exploit vulnerable tenants in unsafe and overcrowded accommodation.

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Large firms to state how they prevent slavery in supply chain

New legislation is to be introduced to oblige large firms to reveal what measures they take to prevent the use of slavery throughout their supply chain.

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Company ‘entitled to treat misbehaving employees differently

A company that sacked one employee involved in a fracas but only gave his opponent a written warning was entitled to treat them differently, according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

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Director must compensate shareholders over breach of duty

A director who breached his duty to his company’s shareholders has been told he must compensate them through a share purchase order.

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Insurers take legal action to stop rival recruiting their staff

A firm of insurance brokers has successfully taken legal action to prevent a rival business from recruiting its staff.

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Shadow director disqualified after diverting company’s assets

A man has been disqualified from being a company director for eight years after diverting more than £84,000 away from his struggling company to one of his associates.

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