In light of the business news over the last year, including the most current news of Carillion, it is important to know how business failure impacts on employment rights.

A recent decision of Mr Justice Mann in VLM Holdings Limited v Ravensworth Digital Services Limited [2013] EWHC 228 (Ch) held it is possible that termination of a head licence on insolvency of the licensor does not necessarily mean a sub-licence becomes ineffective.

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