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On 7 November, we were pleased to host the first in our 2024/2025 series of education breakfast briefings which focussed on Social Media Challenges in Education. The event was led...
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The last of the six duties: ensuring your charity is accountable. Who is your charity accountable to? Its beneficiaries, its members, its stakeholders, the public and the Charity Commission. All...
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“As a general rule, a trustee sufficiently discharges his duty if he takes in managing trust affairs all those precautions which an ordinary prudent man of business would take in...
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What would happen if your charity didn’t manage its resources effectively? The charity would struggle to operate, attract funders and fail to achieve its mission. This makes the legal duty...
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Acting in the best interests of the charity is a key duty for charity trustees and it must be at the forefront of everyone’s mind when it comes to decision...
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How exciting is it when a new project is developed within a charity? Perhaps, it is a huge development project and epic grant funding is available or the charity can...
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Understanding your charity’s purpose and that all charities operate for public benefit is essential to the role of trusteeship. Yet, the legal meaning behind a charity’s operation is often left...
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Welcome to the Trustees’ Week Blog: Legal Duties Spotlight. Trustees’ Week is a great time to celebrate and recognise the work of charity trustees. Trustees are all volunteers who are...
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As scary as it sounds, the festive season is fast approaching and it is time for my annual top tips on how employers can prepare in order to avoid dropping...
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It has been a busy start to the academic year and with the plans already laid out by the Government, it looks as though it will be a hectic time...
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Hull Is This had a chat with Abbie Bielby about no-fault evictions. In broad terms, Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 allows landlords to evict residential tenants, who occupy a...
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Hull is This had a chat with Ed Heppel, Head of Employment about potential changes to employment law under the new Labour Government. “No draft legislation has been put forward...
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The Independent newspaper has reported on a rather unusual case where a family court judge has had to make a determination as to whether a wife did or did not...
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The biennial Pig & Poultry Fair, held this year at Birmingham NEC, was a showcase of innovation despite the challenges that continue to face the sectors. The key themes of...
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Hull Is This had a chat with Neil Franklin and Ruth Maltby-Sinkler about one of the UK’s largest agricultural shows taking place on our doorstep. This year Driffield Show is celebrating...
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With approximately £21 billion spent on Leadership Development programmes annually, you would think leaders would be more effective at implementing continuing professional development and learning (CPDL) for their teams…but they...
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Over my career I have only once been involved in a discussion which had the potential to fundamentally change the structure of term times within the education sector. The premise...
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In recent months I seem to have been consumed by my thinking around culture; either positively, through my involvement with coaching and National Professional Qualification delivery in leadership programmes, or...
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We spoke to our new Family Solicitor Lilly Walker and asked her some questions to get to know her better. What connects you to East Yorkshire? I was born in East...
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Whilst as a female education leader I am delighted to see that these images both display female teachers, there is a lot which is quite disheartening in a comparison of...
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Suzgo Kaluluma, expert LPA solicitor at Rollits LLP, provided a guest article for YourMoney.com regarding the updates to the the Lasting Power of Attorney Act 2023. The article can be found...
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Our Charities Team kickstarted their ‘Good Governance Series’ on 25 October 2023 with a session on common governance pitfalls and how to avoid them. The session was led by Gerry...
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How did you support The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal last year? Did you buy a poppy? This year Rollits is supporting The Poppy Appeal by adding a ‘poppy’ to...
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We spoke to new Trainee Aidan Johnson and asked him some questions to get to know him better. What were your favourite subjects at school? Geography (especially physical geography); History...
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We asked our newest trainee Harry Milner some questions to get to know him better. 1. What were your favourite subjects at school? I enjoyed English Language, Geography and Art. 2....
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Although I like to convince myself I am at least three inches taller than I actually am, the fact of the matter remains that I am actually 5’ 5”! This...
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Failing to make a Will can cause problems for those left behind, as well as meaning that your choice of beneficiaries could miss out on the inheritance you would have...
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So, here we are again at the start of another summer break (though I do think that someone forgot to tell the great British weather that the summer is actually...
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Almost the end of another academic year, am I getting older or is time passing more quickly? This was literally the conversation I have had twice this week as the...
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I saw this quote on a LinkedIn post recently and with half term rapidly approaching and my recent involvement with an Inspection and SATs, I thought…absolutely I will. That night...
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