Flood risk & conveyancing
With as wet a twelve months as we've had you need to be sure about your insurance cover & flood risk. Most people don't read [...]
The New Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is a state funded scheme to compensate people who have been the innocent victims of a criminal assault and have [...]
Is the small business retail lease for you?
In July 2012, the RICS released a lease intended for small shop premises. Its features include: · Maximum term of 5 years · All inclusive [...]
Minimum membership periods for gyms unfair
In the recent case of OFT v Ashbourne Management Services Ltd it was held that payments without discount for early termination and minimum membership periods were unfair [...]
“Yummy Cookies”
Be sure your website is cookie compliant and you're adhering to the law! The law on cookies actually changed back in May 2011 but the [...]
Retirement: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
April 2011 saw the phasing out of the default retirement age with the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age provisions) Regulations 2011. Because employers are [...]
All change in the Civil legal costs system
As many will be aware there is a Bill currently going through the House of Lords whereby the Government is proposing a complete overhaul of [...]
Solar Panels
Can the installation of solar panels be in breach of covenants not to cause a “nuisance or annoyance, or cause disturbance” where a property is [...]
Unfair Dismissal
The qualification period for bringing an unfair dismissal claim will, from April 2012, be extended from 1 year to 2 years. ankara escort çankaya escort [...]
Surveillance Films
In Pacey v Caterpillar Logistics it was found that where an employee had been dismissed for gross misconduct for falsely claiming sick pay when he was filmed [...]