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JJB Sports plc (JJB) is a high street retailer which had fallen into diffi culties and couldn’t determine a mechanism for dealing with the lease costs of its closed stores, which created cash pressures. A rescue of the business would only be possible if its landlords consented to a compromise. However, there had already been other high-profi le failures to achieve landlord consent. We developed a tailored Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) which was approved by 99% of creditors. Blane Leisure Ltd’s CVA (a wholly owned subsidiary) was approved by 98% of creditors. No one in attendance at the Creditors’ Meeting on 27th April 2009 voted against the proposal.

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A 'premium for drinks' that is paid by the employer to comply with its obligation to put the appropriate drinks at the disposal of its employees is not subjected to social security contributions.

After years of uncertainty, in 2011 the Czech Republic finally passed an amendment to the Commercial Code explicitly allowing for the limitation of damages in agreements under Commercial Code between entrepreneurs and companies.

There are a number of aspects of the rules for tier 1 investors and entrepreneurs that are unclear or unnecessarily restrictive and we have been in extensive dialogue for many months now with the UKBA on a range of issues, both policy and technical.

1) minority shareholders rights and shareholders agreements, 2) S.A. taxation, 3) antitrust regulations, cartels and abuse of dominance, 4) state aid, 5) environment & industry, 6) spatial & urban planning, land uses, 7) personal data protection.

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If there is one part of the Localism Act 2011 about which local government lawyers have considerable concerns, it is the new standards regime.

Clive Sheldon QC

Legal Update No. 322