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A Century Of Coal Film Premiere

A new film about the history of the Kent coalfield by local film maker Peter Williams is being shown across Kent and Gullands is delighted to be supporting one of the performances. The Kent coalfield is unique. Thousands of miners were recruited from all over industrial Britain, to dig coal, discovered by accident in the […]

Charities, Trustees and the Health and Safety Status of Volunteers

Does Health & Safety legislation apply to Volunteers? It depends. If the volunteer was working for a business or voluntary body which had any employed staff, the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 would apply and the answer to the question would be yes. If a volunteer was injured in an accident and there […]

Polytunnels do not require an environmental impact assessment

A Herefordshire farmer who wished to set up more than 50 hectares of polytunnels on his 377 hectare farm found his wishes opposed by environmental group Natural England in a case which went to the Court of Appeal. The farmer’s local council decided that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) was not required in order to grant planning […]

Voluntary Police Interviews – approach with caution

Due to a change in the law regarding bail, the number of voluntary interviews, both at the police station and at home, is on the rise. People who may be nervous attending a police station for an interview could agree to be interviewed at home. When attending an interview at a police station, the suspect […]

Encouraging Entrepreneurs in Kent

Professional Women in Business

Come and join the Professional Women in Business networking group run by Gullands with Basepoint Business Centres and the British Heart Foundation. The group meets for breakfast every other month in and around Gravesend and North Kent and information and updates can be found on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/professionalwomeninbusiness/  Julie Hobson, at Gullands comments: “These breakfast […]

A detailed look at M&A activity

Buying or selling a business can be complex and here at Gullands, our Business Hub team will guide you through the whole process. Shares of a company are bought and sold between existing shareholders or by new shareholders under a share sale agreement.The key features of a share sale agreement should include: There are of […]

Oyster Bill receives Royal Assent

Dudley Cramp, Consultant Solicitor at Gullands has been responsible for drafting the Faversham Oyster Fishery Company Bill, which received Royal Assent earlier this year. The Bill provides for the alteration of the objects, powers and constitution of the Faversham Oyster Fishery Company, which is a statutory company incorporated by the Faversham Oyster Fishery Act 1930. […]

Duty of Care when Performing Gratuitous Services

In our Summer 2016 edition, we drew attention to the case of Burgess and Anor v. Lejonvarn. If you remember, Mr and Mrs Burgess wanted to have some substantial garden landscape work done to a high level design. Having been quoted a price of £150,000 their friend Mrs Lejonvarn, an architect and project manager by […]

New Court Guidance on Adjudication Enforcement

The Court has set guidance that parties must follow when deciding whether to challenge the enforcement of Adjudicators’ decisions. Essentially, unless the parties co-operate in the enforcement proceedings to agree what the Court will consider, or the Defendant has a natural justice or jurisdictional challenge, there will be no defence to enforcement. Instead, a party […]