Osborne Clarke's best legal reads of the week - September 7-11
Published on 11th Sep 2015
What are the top reads of the week around the web written by Osborne Clarke people? Which posts have been shared the most via social?
This week, The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) handed down an important decision for businesses with peripatetic or “field” workers (those with no fixed workplace) holding that time spent travelling between a worker’s home and a customer’s premises is working time under the Working Time Directive (“WTD”). Read the full blog post on the announcement and what it means for employers here.
This summer, OC released the first in a series of white papers on smart cities, “Smart cities in Europe: Financing the commercialisation of smart city technology”. We, in collaboration with VB Research, interviewed smart cities champions and experts, including Geoff Snelson, Director of Strategy at Milton Keynes Council. Read the interview here.
Due to recent technical issues with its online service, the HMRC has confirmed that the deadline for filing annual returns has been extended to 4 August 2015. There are only four days left, so if you operate employee share plans, make sure you read more about it here.
With continued pressure on global equity markets and interest rates remaining at rock bottom, the market for alternative investments is booming. As a consequence, investment fraud is also on the rise. In an attempt to provide an air of legitimacy, fraudulent operations, offering investments in areas such as art, fine wine and rare coins, are increasingly being run from prestigious addresses within the City of London.
When a landlord discovers that its tenant has deliberately breached its lease covenants, it may consider that it has no option but to forfeit the lease. Given the draconian nature of the remedy, forfeiture is often contested by the tenant applying to the court for relief from forfeiture. A recent case has clarified how the court should balance the interests of both parties in seeking a fair outcome for all concerned.
As part of our on-going reporting on the Government’s extension of the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) Regime to developments with ‘an element of housing’, we have published a Q&A article in the latest edition of the Planning Magazine. Read the article here.
