William KanaanAug 17, 2020Where dismissal without following disciplinary procedure was not unfair The Employment Appeals Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal's decision that a dismissal by an employer for "some other substantial...
William KanaanAug 3, 2020Supreme Court decision on reflective lossIn a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that an established rule of company law restricting third parties from suing persons...
William KanaanJul 24, 2020Relying on worked examples in commercial agreements In only the second decision on this type of issue, the High Court has ruled that sums due under a contract should be calculated as per...
William KanaanJul 24, 2020"Consultant" deemed to be employeeIn a case that highlights the dangers of employers entering into consultancy agreements believing that this protects them from...
William KanaanJul 24, 2020Redacting documents where court is asked to construe their meaning or effectThe Court of Appeal has considered whether a party may redact parts of a document which the court is asked to construe solely on the...
William KanaanJul 22, 2020Verbal Agreements – to be avoided….Verbal agreements require the same criteria to be met as written agreements, namely: - There must be an offer (for example, X offers to...
William KanaanJul 14, 2020English liquidators’ power to compel documents from EU-based companiesThe High Court looked at the issue of whether English insolvency officeholders could use their powers under domestic insolvency laws to...
William KanaanJul 10, 2020Compensation for distress caused by breach of the DPA 1998 The High Court has awarded compensation to two claimants for stress arising from a beach of Principle 4 of the Data Protection Act 1998...
William KanaanJul 8, 2020Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 came into force on 6 July 2020. The Act allows the UK government to put in place...
William KanaanJul 3, 2020Interpretation of "mandatory provision of law" in facility agreement The Court of Appeal was asked to interpret the expression "in order to comply with any mandatory provision of law" contained in a...