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January 4, 2017
Hard working John celebrates his 80th birthday
Gullands consultant John Rice celebrated his 80th birthday recently, and the firm held a celebratory dinner for John’s colleagues and friends. For John, the day took place in what was also just another typical working week. John’s long working career prior to joining Gullands, took him to the position of senior partner in the long-established solicitors firm of Days in Earl […]
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January 4, 2017
Services for individuals at Gravesend
We pride ourselves here at Gullands Solicitors on providing easy to access legal services and advice for individuals, whatever your circumstances. Our team at Gravesend are on hand to help and being situated conveniently in Stone Street and close to the Station, you can make an appointment to pop in, or we can arrange a […]
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January 4, 2017
Gullands recognised by the Law Society of England and Wales
Gullands has once again been certified as a member of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. CQS provides a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices. Since its establishment in 2011, the scheme has created a trusted community which has helped to deter fraud and continually improve standards across the residential conveyancing sector. Gullands’ partner Alan […]
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January 4, 2017
Ancient woodland and development issues
Natural England and the Forestry Commission publish guidance notes on Ancient Woodland and Veteran Trees. This guidance is considered by local planning authorities when deciding whether to grant planning permission and it should therefore be looked at by planning applicants where there is potential loss of, or damage to, ancient woodland. The starting position given […]
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January 4, 2017
Agricultural Occupancy Conditions
With Government policy typically opposed to the building of new houses in open countryside, it is often difficult to gain planning permission to build houses in such areas. That said, if a house is needed for the proper operation of an agricultural business (e.g. to house workers), planning permission subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition […]
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January 3, 2017
Atypical Workers – a quick reference guide
The “gig economy” is here to stay but the queries we deal with seem to indicate that employers still are unclear about the issues that arise once the employer moves away from the full time 9-5 workforce. Atypical work is any pattern of work which does not fit the classic or traditional concept of an […]
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January 3, 2017
Managing Sickness Absence
Employee sickness can put pressure on the ability to provide a continuing service to customers. All employers should make sure each instance is dealt with fairly and consistently. To that end we are supplying below a check list of issues to consider, not all will be relevant to every case, but it should prove a […]
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December 15, 2016
Contractors – who is in control?
Most businesses use contractors to cover their operational needs and keep head count and costs down. However some employers fall into the trap of believing health & safety can be “contracted out” like everything else. That is a recipe for disaster. For example, what if you ordered your contractors not to go on the roof, […]
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December 15, 2016
Contractor health & safety- are you in control?
As a client or a main contractor, would you expect to be liable for an accident to one of your contractor’s employees when they have disobeyed a clear instruction? That is what happened when historic firm Josiah Wedgwood employed contractors at their warehouse in Stoke. They worked on the roof installing barbed wire and replacing […]
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December 1, 2016
Second adjudication valuation allowed for final account
It is long established that a party’s failure to issue a payless notice means that the sum applied for becomes the ‘notified sum’, (see section 111 Construction Act and the case of ISG Construction Limited v Seevic College). An adjudication where the party seeking the payment relies on there being no payless notice is known […]
