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• Warning – Taking customers to the London Olympics could be more expensive than you think

  06 July 2012
  • Corporate

  With the Olympic Games on our doorstep, it is inevitable that some companies will want to take advantage of the corporate entertainment opportunities available at various events and venues throughout the summer. If your business is planning to take advantage of London 2012, using the Olympics to promote your business, take care to comply with the provisions of the Bribery Act 2010.

• Is a parent company liable for its subsidiary’s employees?

  06 July 2012
  • Corporate

  Parent companies need to be aware of their potential duty of care to the employees of their subsidiaries. The Court of Appeal has recently held that, in certain circumstances, a parent company will have a duty of care to, or be assumed to have responsibility for, the employees of its subsidiary and this assumption can be made without needing to the lift the corporate veil. Andrew Hawkins and Stephanie Hamer of our Corporate Team look at this in further detail.

• Is a parent company bound by contracts of its subsidiary?

  05 July 2012
  • Corporate

  Companies doing business on an international basis can take welcome comfort from a recent Court of Appeal decision, which confirmed the approach for when a corporate veil will be lifted. Andrew Hawkins and Stephanie Hamer from our Corporate Team look at the decision in further detail.

• Giving prejudice the boot

  05 July 2012
  • Employment

  With multinational workforces a fact of life, employers must be vigilant to ensure that national pride does not spill over and become a more serious issue. In the final article in our series covering the 2012 summer of sport (Euro 2012 and London Olympics) employment issues, lawyers in our Employment Team answer some questions which you may be faced with.

• Foul play: when workers 'kick off'

  20 June 2012
  • Employment

  More than half a million people in Britain turn up to work with a hangover and, during Euro 2012 and possibly also during the Olympics, this figure is likely to soar. The knock-on effects of football or sport mania can cause huge headaches for employers. In the second of three articles covering the 2012 summer of sport employment issues, lawyers in our Employment Team answer some questions which you may be faced with.