An employee’s contract will usually specify the period of notice they are entitled to receive if they are dismissed, but when does the notice period start to run? Phil Allen looks at a recent Court of Appeal judgment ‘For an employer to be certain that it has given notice effectively, it must ensure that the …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | October 2016 #163A, an Australian winemaker, employed an English company called D&D as its agent and distributor in the UK. D&D bought wines from A in its own right and sold wines on A’s behalf pursuant to an agency and distribution agreement (the agreement). The agreement was terminable by either party on six months’ notice or by notice with immediate effect in a number of events including the appointment of an administrator or liquidator.
On 21 April 2012, D&D went into administration and on 10 July 2012 into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. On administration there were outstanding ...
Graeme Young and Maria Ziprani assess the impact of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on variation and termination rights ‘Increasingly, Pressetext type issues are leading to disputes and litigation, where judges in the High Court arrive at opposite conclusions applying the Pressetext test to the facts before them.’Until recently, discussions on contract variations between contractors …
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