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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 […]
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November 17, 2016
The cost of making and withdrawing a job offer
A company has been ordered to pay over £3,000 for breach of contract damages, after it withdrew a job offer made by a recruitment agency acting on its behalf. In McCann v Snozone Ltd, Mr McCann had verbally accepted a job offer which the recruitment agency had made acting on behalf of the employer, although […]
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October 3, 2016
Hedge and ditch presumption and its use when determining boundaries
The hedge and ditch presumption can often be used to solve disputes where the boundaries shown on the title documents are inconclusive. This rebuttable presumption states that where two agricultural properties are divided by a hedge and a ditch, the property boundary is assumed to be on the opposite edge of the ditch from the […]
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October 3, 2016
Notary services
If you need the services of a Notary for example to have a document or signature witnessed, then you can make an appointment to visit our Maidstone office at 16 Mill Street. A Notary Public is a public officer appointed by the Court of Faculties of The Archbishop of Canterbury. This enables them to draw, […]
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July 5, 2016
Job sharing and other options for return to work after maternity leave
Juggling the demands of both parenting and a busy career are, in theory, less black and white choices now, as the law provides much greater flexibility for parents. Employees, both full and part-time, with 26 weeks’ service have the right to ask for flexible working. Flexible working is any working pattern other than the normal working […]
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June 21, 2016
Selling a Home
Key considerations when buying or selling your home, a 10-step guide It is often considered to be one of the most stressful periods of your life, when you are buying or selling your home. If you haven’t done it before, or for a number of years, it can be a complex and daunting task. It […]
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June 21, 2016
Joint Property Tenancy
Buying a property jointly, what should you consider? If you are in the lucky position to be buying a home with another person, your solicitor will ask you how the property will be owned. There are two different sorts of joint ownership, Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common, so how do they differ and which […]
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May 12, 2016
The Cost of Dying Intestate
People who don’t make a Will usually come up with a variety of excuses such as because they haven’t got around to it, haven’t fully appreciated the importance of planning ahead for the future, unwisely assume that they don’t have enough money or assets to need to make one or believe that their next of […]
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May 11, 2016
Dealing with difficult staff – settlement agreements and protected conversations
Settlement agreements are a useful way of managing the exit of a difficult employee, but getting the detail right is important. Where there is no existing dispute, the employer can choose to have a ‘protected conversation’ with the employee first. This can set out your concerns (e.g their poor performance) and explain that you hope […]
