Residential and Commercial Property Agents: Avoid an HMRC fine and be compliant with Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
Fines approaching £250,000 have been made against Estate Agents over the course of the last few months. If you are a Commercial or Residential Property Agent and not compliant with the Regulations to prevent money laundering then you too could be subje …
Advice for Commercial Landlords – What to Do When Your Tenant Company Goes Into Administration
Commercial landlords historically found themselves in a difficult position when their company tenants went into administration. Many landlords had found tenant companies entering administration on the day immediately following a quarter day, thus avoid …
GlaxoSmithKline Investigation Highlights Need For Commercial Organisations to Consider Anti-Bribery Compliance
The on-going investigation into the drugs maker GlaxoSmithKline regarding allegations of bribery highlights the need for commercial organisations to consider their compliance with anti-bribery legislation. In the United Kingdom, the Bribery Act 2010 ca …
Website Sales and Off-Premises Contracts: It Is Time To Review Your Terms and Conditions
As a rule of thumb, I would advise for suppliers to have their terms and conditions regularly reviewed to take account of legislative changes. However, for those who undertake website sales with consumers or who enter contracts with consumers away from …
Advice to Owners of Mobile Home Sites Mobile Home Act 2013: Are You Prepared?
It has long been considered that malpractice is widespread across the park home sector and the Government has now acted by introducing the Mobile Homes Act 2013 and a series of Regulations. The aim of this legislation is to improve the position of mobi …
How Can You Optimise the Value of Your Business? – Guest post by Colin Howe
[This is a guest post from Colin Howe, a tax specialist at Hillier Hopkins. Colin co-presented a seminar with me on how to build value into a business. In this post he shares some of the insights that he presented on the day to the attendees.] A big th …
Commercial Property Transaction – Failure to Comply With a Notice to Complete
Contracts for the sale and purchase of Commercial Property are governed by the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Second Edition) (“SCPC”). The SCPC provide guidance to both the Seller and the Buyer as to the procedure and requirements in each st …
ACAS Early Conciliation Process – It’s Good to Conciliate
As of 6th May 2014, claimants who wish to bring a tribunal claim against their employers must now engage in the compulsory “Early Conciliation” process. This process is facilitated by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) and is aim …
AVOID Making a Betty Boop – Case Law on Trade Mark Infringement and Passing Off in Respect of Merchandising
This is some learning which would be of interest to any businesses who might find themselves having used Trade Marked names on merchandising. In this case – I share how a business (the defendant) was found to have passed off an association with a ficti …
The Real Life Practical Implications of Having a Lasting Power of Attorney in Place
Lasting Powers of Attorney are extremely important, but surprisingly many people do not have these in place. Lasting Powers of Attorney allow you to appoint someone to act as your Attorney to represent your best interests and to carry out your instruct …
