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No males need apply for role at pizza restaurant

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A pizza restaurant, based in Ireland, has recently come under criticism for posting a job advert which specifies that the applicants should be female and requiring a photo. The manager who posted the job advert explained the reasoning behind the gender...

Corporate Transaction Series (1/5): Non-Disclosure Agreements

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Over the coming weeks, our corporate transaction series will follow the key stages of a hypothetical share acquisition. We hope that this will provide some food for thought and highlight some key issues to be considered by anyone considering acquiring or...

In the Line of Fire: Non-Party Costs Orders and Group Companies

Mark Ridley
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Have you considered liability for costs? Any person or company pursuing or defending a claim in litigation, must consider costs.  Not just their own, but also the costs of their opponent.  This is because courts can require one party to pay...

Exclusion Clauses in Commercial Contracts: The Reasonableness Requirement

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A recent case demonstrates the approach of the Courts in assessing the validity of exclusion clauses in commercial contracts… What is an exclusion clause? Exclusion clauses are contractual terms which attempt to limit liability to one party for...

Is mediation a mandatory requirement in civil legal proceedings?

Mark Ridley
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All business owners would agree that court trials can be expensive.  The costs are inflicted not just on the parties in dispute, but also on the court system, which, being part of the public sector, does not have endless resources to indulge...

Dotting the I's and crossing the T's: Terms and Conditions

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Inevitably, businesses will have different priorities from one another in terms of income generation and business development. These range from product and brand development to increasing market share and/or revenue or growing client lists. Whilst the...

Holiday Pay is King!

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down a landmark decision in King v The Sash Windows Workshop Limited C-214/16 relating to holiday pay which is bound to send a shiver down employers’ spines. What are the facts? Mr King...

The BakerLaw Christmas Tree 2017

Gemma McBride
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This year, instead of just going out and buying a Christmas tree, we wanted to do something worthwhile. Therefore, on Friday 1 December 2017, our very own, Debbie Duggan, Head of Private Client headed out to the great outdoors in association with the Surrey...

BakerLaw awarded Wills & Probate UK Law Firm of the Year

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I am pleased to announce that BakerLaw LLP has been awarded the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2017 Wills & Probate UK Law Firm of the Year.  Debbie Duggan, Head of the firm's Private Client Department said: “I am delighted with the...

Workers' Rights

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What’s the big deal? A worker’s employment status is relevant to the question of their employment rights. These differ depending on whether you are a worker, employee or self-employed. Worker A worker is an individual who undertakes to do the...

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