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04 JanPrevent Burglary
Here are a few tips to help you from Criminals •lock your doors and windows every time you leave the house, even when you’re just out in the garden •hide all keys, including car keys, out of sight •install a visual burglar alarm •install good outside lighting •leave radios or lights in your house on [...]
Read More ...03 JanChecklist: tenancy deposit schemes
This checklist explains what a tenancy deposit scheme (TDS) is and what a landlord’s obligations are under a TDS. What is a TDS? A landlord under an assured shorthold tenancy (AST) must protect a tenant’s deposit by using an authorised tenancy deposit scheme (TDS) operated by an approved scheme administrator. A TDS has two main [...]
Read More ...02 JanUnfair contract terms
This checklist highlights the key issues your business needs to consider if you use contracts that impose minimum contract terms and early termination charges on consumers. How are consumers protected? Unfair contract terms • Consumer protection legislation applies to any unfair terms in contracts between a consumer and a trade or business seller of goods [...]
Read More ...02 JanWhat To Do When In A Vehicle Accident
Unfortunately, most of us will experience this type of accident at some time. That’s why it is important for us to know certain things that will provide significant assistance when we are in a car accident. Remain at the scene of the accident. If you are in an accident involving injury, or substantial damage to [...]
Read More ...02 JanNew rights for agency workers
New laws protecting agency workers come into force on 1 October 2011. This checklist will help your business get up to speed with the new rights available to agency workers before the legislation is introduced. Who is an agency worker? An agency worker is any individual who: • Is supplied by a temporary work agency [...]
Read More ...01 JanHappy New Year 2012
Happy New Year! We hope 2012 is a good year for everyone. Here’s to hoping that the global economy will start to make a stronger rebound, and people will find work again. May your year be full of the things that bring you the most joy and happiness, whether it be family, success, a new [...]
Read More ...31 DecYearly legal highlight TV to be allowed in courts after 86 years
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced that limited televised coverage of the criminal courts is to be allowed for the first time. Filming in courts was banned in 1925 and previous campaigns to overturn the ban have been rejected on public policy grounds. Now, televised court proceedings are to be allowed , although they will [...]
Read More ...30 DecChecklist: Administration: Out-of-court appointments
This checklist sets out the issues to consider when placing a company in administration using the out-of-court route. What is administration? Administration is the procedure in which a company that is, or is likely to become, insolvent can be reorganised or have its assets sold for the benefit of creditors. When a company goes into [...]
Read More ...30 DecBig fee no win
Personal injury lawyers who cynically farm claimants and cream off their compensation are dragging a decent profession down When I first started representing people who had been injured in accident claims back in the early 1980s, it had an air of nobility about it. Few lawyers outside the union field specialised in representing the injured; [...]
Read More ...30 DecFranchising
What is a franchise? A franchise must include a franchisor and at least one franchisee. The franchisor is the business or individual that sells the right to use its products or services to another business or individual. The franchisor: • Allows the franchisee to use a name which is associated with the franchisor. • Exercises [...]
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