Information sheets
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sheets covering a wide range of legal topics (ordered by practice
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Charities
Charity
Governing Documents
Private
Action, Public Benefit
The
Advantages and Disadvantages of being a Charity
Clinical Negligence
Considering
a Clinical Negligence Claim
Inquests and Coroners' Courts
Commercial Property
Commons Act 2006
The
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
Corporate and Commercial / e-Commerce & Intellectual Property
An
Introduction to Management Buy-outs
An
Introduction to Management Buy-outs and their Legal Aspects
Creating
a Business Identity
Companies Act 2006 - Greater use of Electronic Communications
Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 - Better protection for consumers means increased regulation for estate agents
Companies Act 2006 - Changes affecting directors and other changes
Corporate Manslaughter The New Offence
Directors'
Responsibilities: Avoiding the Wrongful Trading Trap
Distance Selling
Harmonisation of EU Consumer Protection Law
Inventions-Protection and Enforcement
of Inventor's Rights
Licensing Act 2003
Registered
Design Rights
The Data
Protection Act
The Enterprise
Act 2002
The
General Product Safety Regulations 2005
The
New Motor Vehicle Block Exemption
Websites and email - new information requirements
Construction
A Guide
to Adjudication for Employers, Contractors and Subcontractors in Construction
Contracts
Dispute Resolution
Business
On Whose Terms? - Making your Terms of Trading Effective
Challenging
a Consent Order
Consumer
Rights - Important points for Car Dealers
Debt Collection
Debt
Collection - The Issue of a Bankruptcy Petition
Don't Hesitate
- Mediate
Enforcement
of Judgment Debts
Fair
play in shareholder disputes
Foreign Debt
Recovery
Have
you been "bounced" recently?
Signing
on the dotted line could land you in Timbuktu!
Summary
dismissal of breach of warranty claims
Termination
for breach of Contract: Don't jump the gun
Trade
Marks and Parallel Imports
Employment
Equal
Pay Act 1970: The Questionnaire
European
and National Works Council - Where are we now?
How
to Determine an Individual's Work Status
Making
and Breaking Employment Contracts
Notification
and the Data Protection Act
Parental
Leave, Paternity Leave and Time Off for Dependants
Race
and Sex Discrimination and Illegal Workers - an Employer's Update
Same Sex Couples -
New Rights in the Work Place
The
Disability Discrimination Act - How Does it affect my Business?
The New Maternity
Maze
The
Working Time Regulations and the National Minimum Wage
Family
A
Brief Guide to the Children Act 1989
A
Brief Summary of the Methods of Enforcement of a Family Court Judgement or Family Order
Child Abduction
Child
Support: The Basic Scheme
Child
Support: The New System
Children,
Social Services and the Local Authority
Civil
Partnership Act 2004
Cohabitees -
Your Rights
Divorce
Divorce
Procedure - A Brief Guide
Divorce
Procedure - Timetable
Divorce,
Separation and the Children: An Overview
Divorce Update:
Pensions
Financial
Provision on Divorce: The New Procedure
Injunction
to Prevent Disposal of Assets
Judicial
Separation Procedure - A Rough Guide/Timetable
Residence
and Contact - Private Law
Separation and
Divorce: The Available Alternatives
The
matters to be considered by the Court when deciding an Application
for Financial Provision on or following Divorce
Why
you should consider severing your Beneficial Joint Tenancy
Immigration
Immigration and Nationality
- UK Taxation - Foreign Nationals and Companies
Industrial Disease
Inquests and Coroners' Courts (deaths caused by an industrial disease)
Considering an asbestos disease claim
Personal Injury
Financing
a Claim for Personal Injury Compensation
The
Personal Injury Protocol
Residential Property
Instructing
a builder
Jointly
Owned Property: Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common?
Tax, Tax Planning, Wills, Trusts & Probate
A
Trustee's Duties and Powers
Acting as a Certificate Provider on a Lasting Power of Attorney
Care Home Fees
Deeds
of Variation
Discretionary
Trusts
Distribution
on Intestacy
Domicile
Fundamental Changes to the Taxation of Trusts Inheritance Tax in the Finance Act 2006
Inheritance Tax-Efficient Wills - the New Landscape
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Lasting Power of Attorney Instruction Form in respect of Property and Affairs
Main
Inheritance Tax Time Limits in Probate Matters
Making
Your Will
Nil
Rate Band Discretionary Trusts in Wills for Spouses or Civil Partners
Notes on signing a Property and Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney
Outline
of Inheritance Tax
Personal
Financial Planning - an Introduction
Personal
Representatives and the Early Distribution of Estate Assets
Personal
Representatives, the Payment of Estate Debts and the Merits of Statutory
Advertisements
Personal
Tax
Probate
and Excepted Estates
Registration
of an Enduring Power of Attorney
Registration of a Lasting Power of Attorney
Resealing
Commonwealth Grants of Probate and the Probate
Resealing Questionnaire
The
Insolvency Act 1986: Transactions by Individuals who Subsequently
become Bankrupt
The Role of an Attorney under a Property and Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney
The Role of an Attorney under a Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney
The
Trustee Act 2000
The use of debts to satisfy Nil Rate Band Discretionary Trust Legacies - The implications of the Phizackerley case
