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Broken Contracts – Where Do You Stand?

So, you have not performed your contractual obligations, or a customer has not performed theirs: what are your next steps? The first point to make is that contract law has never been a fan of
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Lord Templeman’s Golden Rule

Lord Templeman was well known for his bold and significant contributions to English Law. One of his most profound was the ‘golden rule’ established in Kenward v Adams [1975] CLY 359: “In the case of
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Top Ten Tips for Avoiding Discrimination in Recruitment

The Equality Act 2010 outlaws discrimination in employment in relation to nine “protected characteristics”: age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief sex sexual orientation Employers must ensure
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Ground Rent

My Landlord hasn’t been collecting ground rent from me – what do I do? I regularly come across situations where tenants are very concerned that their Landlord does not collect ground rent even though it
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Challenging a Will

Challenging a Will Dealing with a loved-one’s Estate after their passing is always a difficult time. It can be more difficult when their Will provisions are unexpected or unusual. Sometimes family members have concerns about
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Why you should not delay extending your Lease

Why you should not delay extending your Lease Essentially, a lease is a contract between two people which enables the ‘tenant’ to occupy the leased property to the exclusion of all others and to use
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Death of a sole shareholder director

Death of a sole shareholder director Preparation, preparation, preparation is the often-cited mantra of many successful businesses but preparing for the death of a sole shareholder director of a business is often overlooked. This can
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