All Things Legal ……….April 2022 Gordon Kerr Looking back at the legal questions which I’ve received in recent months provides evidence that business is getting back on its feet again. There is a pleasing familiarity about being asked for opinions on issues around personal data, contract clauses, antimoney laundering rules and VAT. And, in most parts of the world, Covid-related travel restrictions are easing. But all our business challenges of the past two years are surely put into perspective by the suffering and the bravery of the people of Ukraine at this time. It is a reminder that, even in 21st century Europe, freedom and democracy can never be taken for granted. On that necessarily solemn note, I would like to share a variety of legal updates which I hope will be helpful to your business: • The Djokovic Affair: can you dismiss an unvaccinated employee? • Practical jokes in the workplace – can your business be liable? • The cost of losing employee data • More UK SMEs are opening of ces in the EU • Copyright law – be careful about using photos of cute animals! • Trademarks – be careful about upsetting UEFA!
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12 - The EuRApean Spring 2022
Gordon Kerr EuRA Strategic Consultant Legal gordonkerr@gklegal.co.uk
If there is a particular legal topic that you would like me to cover in a future edition of The EuRApean, please feel free to contact me anytime. The Djokovic Affair: can you dismiss an unvaccinated employee? I have just been watching an interview with Novak Djokovic. He refuses to be vaccinated against Covid-19. As a selfemployed sportsman, he is free to make that choice, but it meant that he was unable to defend his Australian Open title and he
