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Budget 2018 – More Bad News For Scottish Taxpayers And Landlords
Philip Hammond’s early budget yesterday contained a number of measures which will impact on individuals, however two in particular stood out.
Firstly, the personal allowance will rise to £12,500 in 2019/20. This is brought forward from 2020/21 and will impact on Scottish taxpayers as the personal allowance is still a reserved matter. However, the UK higher rate threshold will rise to £50,000, from its current £46,350. Scottish tax payers will not gain from this as this threshold is devolved with the current higher rate threshold in Scotland being £43,430.
Could new data breach laws be set to impact on corporate Scotland?
The financial risk for business presented by serious data breaches is now even more apparent due to the recent Court of Appeal decision against supermarket chain Morrisons.The issue will have particular relevance in Scotland in the coming months because of a new group action mechanism which is designed to make it easier to bring group claims like the Morrisons one. This may affect any businesses with operations or customers in Scotland.
The Court of Appeal confirmed that Morrisons was vicariously liable for the data breaches of an employee. This despite the fact that Morri
Give that back, it’s mine!
In this modern era where technology and branding are at the heart of every business it has become ever more apparent how crucial intellectual property is. From your brand name to underlying source code, ensuring that your business has the ability to enforce its intellectual property rights (“IPR”), use them freely and even commercialise them is of upmost importance.
The default position is that when an employee creates IPR in the normal course of their employment the employer will be the owner of the IPR. However, this is not always straightforward