Winter Driving Tips
It is essential to be prepared for the ever-changing driving conditions. Breakdowns and accidents are more common in the winter when road conditions are challenging. Our personal injury specialists in Sheffield have compiled a list of useful tips to help keep you safe when driving during the winter months.
Winter Driving Tips for Motorists in Sheffield
It is essential to be prepared for the ever-changing driving conditions. Breakdowns and accidents are more common in the winter when road conditions are challenging. Our personal injury specialists in Sheffield have compiled a list of useful tips to help keep you safe when driving during the winter months.
Invalid appointment of administrators
If you are a company director, beware of acting in a way that is contrary to the articles of association of your company, even if the action may on the face of it seem logical. This was a point discovered, to his cost, by the director of BW Estate Ltd.
Reforms to compensation payouts
Measures to change the way compensation pay-outs are calculated by the courts have been unveiled by Lord Chancellor David Lidington. Simon Wright said, “The announcement is welcome and follows a pledge made by Ministers in February to consult on whether there was a fairer way to set the “discount rate” in future.
Nottingham-based Auction Estates Ltd reaches £10m milestone following completion of £1.5m orphanage deal
Auction Estates Ltd, a dedicated property auction house specialising in the sale of residential housing, commercial property, land and specialist property investments, has hit a major milestone this month having completed in excess of £10m worth of auction sales in its first twelve months of business.
Getting the best deal on a cruise to beat those winter blues!
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4 steps to stop inflation eating your savings!
Power of Attorney – The case for and against
Setting up a trusted family member or friend with a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) ensures that someone else is able to make important decisions for you when you’re no longer in a position to be able to make them for yourself. But this in itself is always going to be a key decision in your life, so it’s important to consider the benefits and risks before going ahead with giving another person the authority LPA unlocks.
What impact will an interest rate rise have on young homebuyers’ mortgage bills?
Recent official figures have revealed that homebuyers are being lent more money by banks than at any time since the global financial crisis a decade ago, with many of the borrowers being young people for whom stepping onto the property ladder is barely affordable. As such, billions of pounds of debt which may prove unsafe is being taken on by them at a time when interest rates are expected to rise.
Changes Afoot for Commercial Landlords
The Energy Efficiency Regulations 2015 brought into force minimum energy efficiency standards for residential and commercial properties. As of 1 April 2018, Landlords with properties within the scope of these Regulations must not renew existing tenancies or grant new tenancies if the property has less than the minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘E’. It is estimated that a significant number of rented properties in England and Wales have an F or G rating.
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Crackdown on fake holiday sickness firms
The Government is finally stepping in to tackle the sickness claims culture which is not only damaging Britain’s reputation overseas and could also be driving up holiday costs. [Partner’s Name], a partner in local law firm [firm’s name] said, “A system to control costs already exists for most personal injury claims in England and Wales, but a loophole is being exploited in foreign holiday claims”.
Notification of email checks required
A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights has provided further specific clarification of companies’ responsibilities in respect of their employee email policies. Katie Ash, Head of Employment Law said, “The ECHR ruling in case of Bogdan Bărbulescu could shape extent to which firms can monitor employees’ private communications”. In essence, the court ruling says that not only must a company policy inform employees that they reserve the right to monitor employee emails, but they must also let employees know when they are doing so.
Home secretary must establish marriage of convenience
In an interesting twist on an old movie script, a recent Supreme Court ruling found that for a removal order to be issued against an EU individual on the ground that she had abused her right of residence in the UK by attempting to enter into a marriage of convenience with a non-EU national, it was for the home secretary to establish that it would have been a marriage of convenience rather than for the individual to establish that the relationship was a genuine and lasting one.