e-brief alert archive
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Tessa Hastie and Will Robins review the changes proposed in the consultation paper on shareholders rights at general meetings which was published by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory reform on 24 October 2008.
7 November 2008 | e-brief alert archive
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision has held that in a redundancy situation the employer should have consulted the "at risk" employee about the choice of redundancy selection criteria, as well as his scores against such criteria.
28 October 2008 | e-brief alert archive
Back in March this year, the High Court handed down a decision on the patentability of computer programs see here. This is an issue which has vexed courts considerably in recent years. The High Court's decision was immediately appealed to the Court of Appeal (CA), whose decision has been eagerly anticipated in the hope that it would offer some clarity on the issue. The CA has now handed down its decision. Toby Headdon comments.
9 October 2008 | e-brief alert archive
The Model Code applies to companies whose shares are admitted to the Official List. Its purpose is to ensure that persons discharging managerial responsibilities do not abuse, and do not place themselves under suspicion of abusing, inside information.
8 October 2008 | e-brief alert archive
Sameera Khan comments on the new generic top level domain (TLD) know as .tel.
7 October 2008 | e-brief alert archive
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