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Articles included this month:

Shared parental leave comes into effect
Striking a balance when protecting a business from employees
To buy or to lease as the economy continues to recover?
Large companies ‘to publish payment practices from next year’
Directors fail to make company liable for their wrongdoing
Agency must hand over secret commission to parent company
Financial advisers ‘need more protection against negligence claims’

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Shared parental leave comes into effect

The new system of Shared Parental Leave (SPL) allowing mothers and fathers to share 52 weeks’ leave came into effect on 5 April 2015.

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Striking a balance when protecting a business from employees

When preparing restrictive covenants to protect a business from competition from former employees, the question of balance is always vitally important.

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To buy or to lease as the economy continues to recover?

During the recession, many firms shelved plans to move to better and larger premises. Indeed, some businesses looked to downsize rather than expand.

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Large companies ‘to publish payment practices from next year’

Large companies will have to publish their payment practices from next April, under plans laid down by the Coalition Government.

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Directors fail to make company liable for their wrongdoing

The Supreme Court has rejected the idea that directors can avoid responsibility for offences like fraud by trying to make their company responsible for their wrongdoing.

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Agency must hand over secret commission to parent company

An agency that received a multi-million pound secret commission when helping in the purchase of a hotel has been told it must hand over the money to the parent company for which it was working during the transaction.

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Financial advisers ‘need more protection against negligence claims’

Financial advisers should be given more protection against negligence claims if proposed new regulations come into effect. 

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