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Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Are there any disadvantages to using mediation?
- Are there circumstances in which ADR is particularly suitable?
- Are there circumstances in which ADR would not be suitable?
- Can we call witnesses?
- Can we claim costs from the other party, as part of the settlement?
- Do both parties have to agree on the mediator?
- Do our lawyers need to be involved if we go in for mediation?
- Do we have to prepare evidence in advance?
- How do we ensure that the other side sends someone who is authorised to settle?
- How do we find a mediator?
- How long does it take to set up the mediation process?
- How long is the process likely to last?
- How much is mediation likely to cost?
- How will the agreement be enforced?
- If an ADR process fails to produce a settlement, could what we say during that process be subsequently used against us in court?
- Is there any point in our going to mediation, if the other party is reluctant to make any concessions?
- What are the principal advantages to using mediation?
- What are the principal differences between mediation, and arbitration or litigation?
- What happens if we reach agreement on some issues, but not on others?
- What is alternative dispute resolution (ADR)?
- What is the procedure in mediation?
- Who should attend the mediation process?
- Who takes the initiative in deciding on ADR?
- Will the agreement be binding on all parties?
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Directors responsibilities
- Am I responsible to anyone other than the shareholders?
- Apart from company law, do I have any other legal obligations?
- Are there any special rules about holding shares in a company I am a director of?
- Are there any special rules about my contract of employment?
- Can I be held liable if I have resigned as a director?
- Can I be held liable if I haven’t been officially appointed as a director?
- Can I have private dealings with a company I am a director of?
- Can we delegate responsibility to the company secretary?
- Directors responsibilities
- Do I need any special skills or qualifications to be a director?
- Do I need to read the company’s memorandum and articles of association or any other documents?
- Does a non-executive director have the same responsibilities?
- Does it matter if I don’t get to see management accounts and other information?
- How can I protect myself from potential legal action?
- What are my responsibilities to the shareholders?
- What are the possible penalties for failing to exercise my responsibilities as a director?
- What board meetings do we need to have?
- What is my responsibility for the company’s accounts?
- What returns do we have to make to Companies House?
- What shareholder meetings do we need to have?
- What should I do if I think I have a conflict of interest?
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Discrimination
- Apart from sex, race, disability and ethnic origin, are there any other forms of discrimination that we have to look out for?
- Are we vulnerable to a charge of discrimination if a black manager never gets a bonus because he never gets awarded enough points by his peers?
- Are we vulnerable to a charge of harassment because a black worker has heard a couple of colleagues making cracks about coloured people?
- Can I exclude a couple of men who have applied for jobs normally done by women?
- Can I give jobs to older women, who will not get pregnant?
- Can I not just follow my instincts, when it comes to selecting amongst job applicants?
- Can we be sued for discrimination on grounds of nationality, because we have refused to confirm the contract of a Yugoslavian refugee?
- Can we employ someone from Australia to work in our information technology department? He is willing to work for less than the UK candidate.
- Discrimination
- Do we have to include an otherwise suitable job applicant on the short list if we know he has had a recent brush with cancer?
- How can we demonstrate that we oppose discrimination? And would it help if we were ever subject to a case?
- How long is it likely to be before a case comes to a tribunal, and how much will it cost to defend?
- If a woman wants to come back to work on a part-time basis, after having a child, is she entitled to the same benefits as before?
- It is several months since we sacked a black employee who left claming race discrimination. We have heard nothing since. Can we relax?
- Some of our employees have been refusing to work with a colleague who is gay. What can we do?
- We had two mothers and one pregnant woman amongst recent redundancies. Now they are claiming sex discrimination. Should we be worried?
- We have a female employee on her third official warning. She now says she is pregnant. Can we proceed with disciplinary action?
- We have a good worker who has missed some training sessions because of his religious duties, and will not therefore be considered for promotion. Will that cause us problems?
- We have a mixed workforce. Can we ask people to take literacy tests, as a recruitment requirement?
- We have a woman worker who gets a lot of fairly good-natured ribbing because she has short hair and wears trousers, though she is not in fact gay. Do we have to put a stop to the jokes?
- We have few workers from ethnic minorities, although they make up a high proportion of the local population. Can we advertise specifically to them?
- We have several Muslim workers. Do we have to give them time off on Fridays to go to the mosque?
- We prefer to take on younger workers, even though we sometimes get applications from older workers who are better qualified. Is this illegal?
- What are the penalties for a finding of discrimination?
- What do we do about an otherwise well-qualified candidate for a job dealing with customers, who turns out to have a severe facial disfigurement?
- What is meant by the duty to make 'reasonable adjustments'?
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Employment contracts
- Apart from the written statement, what else forms part of the contract?
- Are employment contracts the same for part-time employees?
- Are there any special terms I need to consider for senior employees and directors?
- At what point does an employment contract become binding?
- Can I change the terms of an employment contract?
- Can I make a job offer conditional - for example, on taking up references or a medical?
- Can I make a job offer subject to successful completion of a probationary period?
- Do I have to give every employee a contract?
- Employment contracts
- How are claims for breach of contract or constructive dismissal handled?
- How can I minimise the risk of being bound by contractual terms which I do not want?
- How can I use the employment contract to protect the company against an ex-employee who has resigned or been dismissed?
- How do I handle short-term or contract employees - people I’m taking on for a couple of months or less?
- If a change to employment contracts is essential for the survival of the business, would it reduce any compensation for constructive dismissal?
- If employees belong to a trade union, who do I negotiate changes to employment contracts with?
- Surely there can’t be a contract if there is nothing in writing?
- Under what circumstances might an employee claim breach of contract or constructive dismissal?
- What can I do if employees will not agree to a change in their employment contracts?
- What can I do if I discover that an employee is offering to do work for our customers independently?
- What does the written statement of terms and conditions cover?
- What would my potential liability be if an employee claims breach of contract or constructive dismissal?
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Financing a business
- Can we offer employees the chance to invest cash in the company? Alternatively, can we come to an arrangement under which they take shares instead of pay? Are there any tax advantages?
- Financing a business
- How far ahead should we be looking, in approaching anyone for money to get the business off the ground?
- If I just need overdraft facilities for trading purposes, do I have to give the bank a personal guarantee?
- Is it better to raise all the money we need for the initial period, plus a ’cushion’, or to ask for enough to get started initially and then come back when we have six or 12 months’ trading experience?
- Our business has been slower to come into profit than we expected, and we need to raise more finance. What are our options?
- Relatives are offering to finance my new business. Should I accept the money as a loan, or as equity capital?
- The bank has a fixed and floating charge over our assets, which far exceed the value of the loan. The bank will not lend more, but another company would - if we could offer security. What can we do?
- The bank says my wife must see a separate solicitor about them securing a business loan on our house. Is this normal practice, and what happens if she refuses?
- The bank wants me to give a personal guarantee on my business borrowing. What does this mean?
- The bank wants me to take out a term loan, rather than an overdraft, to help finance my business. What is the difference, legally and practically?
- We have been approached by a bigger company with an offer of funds, but we are worried about being gobbled up. What precautions can we take?
- We have been in business for three years, and need cash for expansion of our production facilities. What do you advise?
- We have friends and relatives wanting to invest in our business. Should we give them normal shares, or special/preference shares?
- We need funds for expansion. A bigger company is showing signs of wanting to help, but we suspect they merely want to investigate our success. What would you advise?
- What happens if I cannot keep up the instalments on a term loan?
- What is a fixed charge?
- What is a floating charge?
- What is an exit strategy, and should we be thinking about it before we even start up in business?
- What is corporate venturing?
- What issues should I look out for in an equipment finance, lease or purchase agreement?
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Getting out of lease
- Am I allowed to assign the lease to another business?
- Can I choose what terms I sub-let the premises on?
- Can I get out of a lease if a rent review makes the premises too expensive?
- Can I negotiate to terminate the lease even without a break clause?
- Can I sub-let the premises?
- Can my landlord stop me assigning the lease to another business?
- Getting out of lease
- How can I strengthen my negotiating position?
- How much does it cost to assign a lease?
- How much will it cost to terminate the lease?
- If I assign the lease, will I be free of any future liability?
- Is my landlord likely to accept the termination of the lease?
- What are my liabilities if I sub-let the premises?
- What are the options for getting out of a lease?
- What can I do if I can show that the landlord has broken the terms of the lease?
- What is a break clause?
- What will happen if I simply walk away from the property?
- Which is the best option for getting out of a lease?
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Health & Safety
- Do I have to have first aid kits and trained first aiders?
- Do I have to look after my employees when they are at work but away from office premises?
- Do I have to look after my employees when they work from home?
- Do I have to provide any equipment or clothing for my workforce?
- Do I have to provide my employees with health and safety training?
- Do I have to set up a safety committee?
- Do I need a fire certificate?
- Do I need a health and safety policy?
- Do I need a health and safety poster?
- Do I need a special fire risk assessment?
- Does health and safety legislation apply to ordinary office premises?
- Health & Safety
- How can I minimise fire risks?
- How do I carry out a health and safety risk assessment?
- How do I deal with hazards I identify?
- If I am prosecuted for a health and safety offence, what fines could I face?
- What about stress in the workplace? Is it my concern?
- What about vehicles used in the course of business?
- What are my main responsibilities under health and safety legislation?
- What are my responsibilities for employee welfare?
- What are the main rules covering equipment?
- What are the main rules covering lifting at work?
- What are the main rules covering the workplace environment?
- What do I have to do if I work with dangerous substances?
- What does my health and safety policy need to cover?
- What is a risk assessment?
- What safety precautions do I need to take for visitors?
- What should I do after an accident?
- Will having a health and safety policy, carrying out risk assessments and so on be enough to protect me from prosecution and civil claims?
- Will I need any specialist employees or expert help?
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Insolvency
- Can I take money or assets out of my business before it becomes insolvent?
- How can I pay for help when I am already in financial trouble?
- How can I protect myself, family and friends who invest in my business?
- How can I reduce the risks of insolvency?
- How likely are my creditors to accept some form of voluntary arrangement?
- If my business fails, will I get any money back?
- Insolvency
- What are my liabilities as a director of an insolvent company?
- What are my responsibilities as a director of a company in administration or liquidation?
- What are the consequences of being a director of a company which has been put into administration or liquidated?
- What are the options for an insolvent company?
- What are the options for an insolvent partnership?
- What are the options if I am personally insolvent?
- What different types of creditor are there and how are they paid off?
- What happens if I am made personally bankrupt?
- What is a ’preference’?
- What is insolvency?
- What should I do if my business seems likely to become insolvent?
- Who can start insolvency proceedings?
Legal Update
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Banking & Lender Services
- Banking & Lender Services 2006
- Banking & Lender Services 2007
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Update August 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Update February 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Update January 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Update July 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Update March 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Update November 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Update September 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Legal Updates 2005
- Banking & Lender Services Update
- Banking and Lender Services Legal Update April 2005
- Banking and Lender Services Legal Update June 2005
- Banking and Lender Services Legal Update October 2005
- Margo Ann Freeguard -v- Royal Bank of Scotland plc
- Built Environment - Planning
- Charity
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Commercial
- Championing Competition
- Changes in financial services legislation
- Commercial Update
- Commercial Update 2006
- Commercial Updates 2007
- Competition Authorities Target: Financial Services Industry
- Corporate Identity Theft
- Disposal of Hardware
- Disqualification of Company Directors
- Distance Selling - Changes to Information and Cancellation Provisions
- Office of Fair Trading Targets: Estate Agents
- Purchase of own shares in private companies
- Risk analysis on the sale and purchase of a company
- Small Businesses are Centre Stage of Company Law Reform Proposals
- Smoking Ban: Implications for Employers, Owners and Occupiers of Public Places
- Technology Transfer - Countdown for Compliance with New Competition Law Ticks On
- Too Much Information? - How does the Freedom of Information Act 2000 affect your business?
- Trade Marks - Use Them Or Lose Them
- Construction
- Employment
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Pensions
- 25% tax free cash sum
- A new draft code of Practice on Internal Controls for Pension Schemes
- Age Discrimination consultation - what does it mean for pension schemes?
- All in ’A Day’s’ work...
- Annual allowance
- Children’s pensions
- Death in retirement - 10 year guarantee period
- Draft Codes of practice on MNTs, and scheme changes
- Employer withdrawing from a pension scheme – changes to calculation of employer debt
- Escalation
- Flexible retirement
- How can my scheme make the changes to its rules quickly and easily?
- How to avoid the Pensions Ombudsman
- Incapacity
- Information
- Inheritance Tax and Pension Simplification
- Insolvent employers - s75 debt calculation
- Investors are likely to pour £8.5bn into the housing market after April 2006, should you be one of them?
- Key features of simplification
- Levies for the Pensions Protection Fund
- Life time allowance
- Lump sum on death
- Member-nominated Trustees – draft Code of Practice
- Members’ contributions
- Membership of more than one registered pension scheme
- Moral hazard - who dares wins?
- New minimum retirement age of 55 effective from 2010
- Notifiable events framework
- Opra guidance on clearance provisions for moral hazard
- Overseas staff
- Pension Protection Fund publishes an update on the risk based levy
- Pension scheme members - assumed tsunami victims
- Pension sharing when a same sex relationship ends
- Pensions Briefings - Previous Editions
- Pensions Law On Line Update 2005
- Pensions Law On Line Update January 2006
- Pensions Law On Line Update November 2005
- Pensions Law On Line Update October 2005
- Pensions Law Online Update
- Pensions Regulator to offer free e-learning for Trustees
- Pensions Update
- Removal of current HM Revenue and Customs limits
- Scheme changes – draft Code of Practice
- Scheme specific funding implementation – 31 October 2005
- Scheme which is closed to new entrants and future accrual
- Scheme which is open to new entrants and future accrual
- Tell me what I need to do...
- The Pensions Regulator's Codes of Practice
- Trivial commutation
- Trustees knowledge and understanding
- What about telling our members?
- What changes will be required to scheme rules at A Day?
- Private Business Update - From Family
- Private Business Update- From Tax & Estate Planning
- Professional Conduct
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Real Estate
- Buying Development Land from Schools: Some Pitfalls
- Abandonment of Rights
- Adverse Posession: The Impact of Human Rights
- Adverse Possession: The View from Europe
- Business Tenancies, Licences and Advertising Hoardings
- Commonhold
- Contracts for the Sale of Land: Enforcing Oral Agreements
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
- Effect of Non Registration at Land Registry
- Exempting Prejudicial Information
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- January 2007
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1954: Opposing a new lease under Ground (f)
- Landlord and Tenant Update on Underlettings
- Landlord and Tenant: Quiet Enjoyment
- Mobile Phone Masts: Health Hazard? The Court’s View
- New Fire Safety Order
- Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council and Another
- Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Prescribing the way forward for leases
- Property Investment Funds - The Next Big Thing?
- Real Estate Legal Update 2006
- Real Estate Update
- Rent Reviews and the code of Practice on commercial Leases
- Rights of Set Off and Commercial Leases: Update
- Shared Private Sewers: possible changes to ownership and maintenance
- Stamp Duty Land Tax
- Travelling People, Property and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998
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Social Housing
- Group Structures - Should your lawyer act on both sides?
- HIPs are here: what you need to know
- Options for Social Housing Development
- Social Housing and the Charities Bill - A case of ‘now you see it, now you don’t!’…or is it?
- Social Housing Legal Update June 2006
- Social Housing Legal Update March 2007
- Social Housing Legal Update March 2008
- Social Housing Legal Update May 2007
- Social Housing Legal Update September 2007
- Social Housing PFI
- Social Housing Update
- The National Housing Federation conference and social housing exhibition
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