Misconduct outside of work

In the ordinary course of events, employers have little to no involvement in their employee’s personal lives and actions outside of work. But what happens when the employee does or says something outside of the workplace which the employer feels may have a material impact on their business? Employers will become interested in employees’ extra-curricular

Legal implications of Covid-19 on the manufacturing sector

As we start to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, we address at some of the issues which have arisen for our commercial property, corporate and employment clients in the manufacturing sector and what this may mean for the industry as a whole going forward. To download the document, please click here https://www.machins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Legal-Implications-in-the-Manufacturing-Sector.pdf

Marketing firm entitled to enforcement of non-compete clause

The High Court has upheld a marketing company’s restrictive covenant preventing its sales advisors from competing with it for a six-month period. The case involved Credico Marketing Ltd v Lambert. Credico provided direct marketing services which were conducted by independent sale advisors (ISAs) by methods such as door-to-door sales. It did not contract directly with

Directors who breached their duties ordered to repay £600k

Two businessmen who breached their legal duties as company directors have been ordered to repay £600,000, even though the court accepted that one of them probably hadn’t realised that anything unlawful was happening. The case involved TMG Brokers Ltd, which had gone into liquidation. The liquidator applied for declarations under the Insolvency Act 1986 in

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