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As expected earlier in the week it was confirmed by the Chancellor in yesterday’s budget that new hourly rates of pay will apply from 1 April 2022. There are some...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/autumn-2021-budget-wage-increases-1-april-2022/
In my previous articles published at the end of March 2020 and April 2020, I explained the measures which had been introduced in response to Coronavirus insofar as they applied...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/freeze-on-possession-actions-extended-until-24-august-2020/
Many charities have had to adapt the delivery of their purposes in view of the Covid-19 restrictions – particularly those that help vulnerable people. Some charities may find that their...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/charitable-purposes-and-the-covid-19-situation/
The Jackson Reforms came into effect on 1 April 2013 and represent a significant shift in the way in which litigation is funded. In particular, the Reforms introduce new rules...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/claims-management-firms-demise-following-jackson-reforms/
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations1999 require employers to appoint one or more `competent` personsto assist them in ensuring general health and safety compliance.Such persons must have...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/health-safety-compliance-competent-help/
The Supreme Court yesterday began a three day hearing of Lucasfilm`s appeal against the earlier Court of Appeal decision in their dispute with designer Andrew Ainsworth (which we previously reported...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/the-supreme-court-strikes-back-star-wars-copyright-saga-continues/
Commission paymentsshould be included in holiday pay. The Leicester EmploymentTribunal has now delivered its decision in the case of Lock andOthers v British Gas Trading Limited. The case concerned Mr...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/commission-payments-and-holiday-pay/
A new condition has been added which must be satisfied before an investor can qualify for the enterprise investment scheme (EIS). It has been introduced to comply with the general...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/eis-companies-in-financial-difficulty-new-rule-from-6-april-2011/
Where are we now? The 25 November 2019 was the UN day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls. Globally one in three women and girls experience physical...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/tackling-domestic-abuse-at-home-and-abroad/
On 20 March 2013, the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the 2013 Budget. Particular focus has been made within the media of the somewhat gloomy economic forecast for growth in...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/the-2013-budget-and-the-planning-system/
The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) carried out an investigation between 2015 and 2017 into the practices adopted by a number of charities when handling donors’ personal data. The investigation uncovered...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/ico-fines-charities-for-data-breaches/
Cotswold Geotechnical (Holdings) Limited was convictedearlier this year of corporate manslaughter, the first company tobe convicted under the legislation introduced in2008. The company sought to appeal both its conviction andsentence...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/corporate-manslaughter-conviction-end-of-the-road/
Sir James Munby – President of the Family Division recently addressed the Family Law Bar Association informing them that the Courts Modernisation Programme will take place over the next 4...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/the-bright-brave-future-for-legal-services/
On 25 May 2018, the UK’s current data protection legislation (the Data Protection Act 1998) will be replaced by the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The GDPR imposes very significant...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/general-data-protection-regulation-countdown/
Leases will almost always require a Tenant to keep a property in good repair and decorate internally and externally on a periodic basis. Also, it is common for a lease...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/the-dilapidations-protocol/
‘Tis the season to be jolly? Well not for everyone. For many the run up to Christmas and afterwards is characterised by rising tensions in their personal relationships. For everyone...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/crisis-at-christmas/
Chancel repair liability isthe topic on every conveyancer’s lips at the moment as it hasrecently been subject to some important legislative changesaffecting existing homeowners and those looking to purchase ahome....
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/chancel-repair-liability/
Most if not all commercial landlords and tenants will be aware that on 1 April 2017, new rateable values for business premises will come into force. Whilst the new rateable...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/1-april-2017-new-rateable-values-will-impact-on-statutory-compensation-payable-to-commercial-tenants/
On 17 December 2015, the Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) published its response to the Government consultation on Court fees – see my previous article Further Court Fee Increases, for more...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/court-fee-increases-confirmed/
New Regulations will come into force with effect from tomorrow (31 January 2015) the intent of which is to simplify the rules governing what companies and limited liability partnerships can...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/company-name-regime-simplified-following-the-red-tape-challenge/
This archaic method of rent recovery could soon be a thing of the past. The Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 provides for the introduction of a new regime called...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/abolition-of-distress/
and it nearly ended up being the biggest so far. ACS Law, which has now ceased trading, had been pursuing alleged copyright infringement cases on behalf of copyright holders from...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/fifth-data-protection-fine-issued/
We have previously reported on provisions of the Energy Act 2011 which aim to improve the environmental performance of properties as part of the Government’s “Green Deal” initiative through regulations...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/landlords-prohibited-from-letting-energy-inefficient-properties/
In his Autumn Statement to Parliament the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, reformed Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in relation to residential property transactions. The changes came into effect...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/autumn-statement-changes-to-stamp-duty-land-tax-from-4-december-2014/
Bailes v First Bristol Limited A Bristol bus driver who was dismissed after testing positive in a saliva test for cocaine has been awarded an £84,000 pay out for unfair...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/unfair-dismissal-finding-for-cocaine-positive-bus-driver/
It is not often we truly get to say we are living in unprecedented times, but this is one of them. With the result of the referendum still settling in,...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/all-change-and-no-u-turns/
Some charities have a requirement in their governing documents to hold annual general meetings. This is typical for charities that have a wider voting membership, and whose members’ role in...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/annual-general-meetings/
Court of Appeal upholds decision disallowing £250,000 costs In a judgment given on 23 October 2013, the Court of Appeal for the first time answered the question of what is...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/the-cost-of-not-talking/
Following the Budget on 23 March 2011, the Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011 (Bill) has just been published. The Bill sets out the details of a new relief from SDLT...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/new-sdlt-relief-for-residential-portfolios/
The government has published its updated Fair Deal policy, which is a non-statutory policy that sets out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/fair-deal-2013/
Happy New Year – did you have a good Christmas? It’s so easy to respond when your home life is ok but what do you say if the festive period...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/happy-new-year-did-you-have-a-good-christmas/
Schools, colleges and nurseries across the UK have now closed until further notice as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. It is a concern for both employers and employees how...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/school-closures-what-are-my-options/
While much has been written about the housing crisis and how to solve it, the question of beauty has rarely featured in the wider debate. However, on 3rd November 2018,...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/putting-the-beautiful-back-into-planning/
It has been announced by Parliament that the planned IR35 tax reforms will be pushed back by a year to April 2021. The announcement has been welcomed by many contractors...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/ir35-tax-reforms-delayed-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/
The recent High Court decision, published on 18 April, in the patent dispute Wagner International AG & others v Earlex Limited has provided a useful reminder about the risks run...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/wagner-sounds-a-cautionary-note-for-inventors/
The Bribery Act 2010 (the `Act`) comes into force on 1July 2011. The Act consolidates and expands the range of briberyoffences for which organisations and individuals can beprosecuted. The offences...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/the-bribery-act-2010/
The demise of Legal Aid has seen a growing industry of “advisers” offering their services to people in the midst of separation and divorce. Traditionally it was possible for a...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/demise-of-legal-aid-sees-a-rise-in-professional-mckenzie-friends/
On 1 September 2019, the Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No.2) Regulations 2019 came into force and includes the following provisions to be noted: The pooling restriction will be removed...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/end-to-pooling-restriction/
The recent High Court case of R v R [2021] EWHC 195 (Fam) serves as a reminder that both parties to a marriage can seek spousal maintenance – many parties...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/interim-maintenance-provision-in-lockdown-amongst-other-things/
Conditional intentions do not satisfy Ground (f) In my January 2018 article “Sending in the Builders“, I discussed Ground (f) of Section 30(1) Landlord & Tenant Act 1954, making particular...
https://www.rollits.com/news/articles/ground-f-landlord-tenant-act-1954/
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