Flexible Working: Time for a change? The Flexible Working Regulations came into force on 6th April 2003. But will they really make a difference for parents of young families in this country? The main provision of the new regulations is the right to m...

Considerations For Landlords Owning property can be one of the greatest investments. With ever increasing house prices, large capital profits can be made in relatively short periods. Many owners have over recent years put their “assets to work” so ...

Late Payment of Debts - A Reminder Are You Making Use of Remedies Provided by Legislation? Late payment by Debtors can have a detrimental effect on your business's cash flow and reduce its profits so much so that your business could be threatened. It...

Personal Injury - I Think That I Might Have a Claim …. How Long Do I Have To Act? Most people are probably vaguely aware that there is a time limit within which they can potentially sue somebody for personal injury but not so many people are aware wh...

Sellers Property Information Form Moving house is a costly business at the best of times. But if when you’re selling your house you fail to disclose something to the buyer that you should have mentioned it could prove financially disastrous. Any omis...

Will your business pass free of Inheritance Tax? One of the best ways of saving Inheritance Tax is to make a Will (and get married or from 5th December 2005 enter into a Civil Partnership ) so that all property passes between husband and wife or civi...

Property ownership and capital gains tax New capital gains tax rules were announced in October’s Pre Budget Report. Under draft legislation awaiting Royal Assent, with effect from 6 April 2008, all gains in excess of the annual exemption will be taxe...

Living Together By Agreement As more and more couples make the choice not to marry, the Government is being called upon to introduce legislative guidance to protect the interest of cohabiting couples. Why couples decide not to marry is immaterial. B...

Is My Will Watertight? You may think that, once you have made your Will, you can sit back content in the knowledge that, upon your death, your estate will pass to precisely whom you wish, be they your family, friends or the local cats home. You should...

The Employment Tribunal My advice to managers who want to understand employment law is to spend a day at the Employment Tribunal in Bristol because this is the place where individual employment law disputes are ultimately argued out and resolved. More...

Defending Unreasonable Employment Tribunal Claims There were 94,450 claims to the Employment Tribunal in the last recorded year including 41,611 claims for unfair dismissal. There is no fee for making the application and the Tribunal will not normally ...

The Health & Safety Commission (HSC) recently published its Annual Report on 7 July 2005. Apart from the standard reporting on the HSC's and Health & Safety Executive's (HSE) activities for the year 2004/2005 this report also shows how the HSE is worki...

Brief Guide to changes to the Business Tenancy legislation - The Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003 (“the Order”) The Order comes into force on 1st June 2004 introducing a number of changes to Part 2 of the Landlord...

Directors Duties – ten points for best practice Since 1990 there have been no less than five government reviews of directors and their responsibilities. Finally we have a white paper designed to codify the duties of directors which are currently spre...

Property ownership and capital gains tax New capital gains tax rules were announced in October’s Pre Budget Report. Under draft legislation awaiting Royal Assent, with effect from 6 April 2008, all gains in excess of the annual exemption will be taxe...