News
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08/05/2008 Home Builders Call For 0.5 % Interest Rate Cut
‘Cut now necessary to boost housing market and avoid wider economic downturn’
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30/04/2008 Law South Mediation Service
Earlier this year, Brachers joined eight other firms of solicitors practising in London and throughout the South East in launching Law South Mediation, a new mediation service.
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30/04/2008 All by myself
Now companies can benefit from a simpler method of executing documents. Documents such as deeds and share transfers which previously needed to be executed by either two directors or a director and the company secretary, may now be capable of being executed by only one director in the presence of a witness.
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30/04/2008 Workplace bully or commonplace criminal?
Feeling ‘harassed’ or bullied at work does not automatically give rise to a harassment claim under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (the “Act”).
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30/04/2008 Requirement for Company Secretary Abolished
The appointment of a company secretary is now optional for private companies but remains mandatory for public companies.
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16/04/2008 Avoiding the unwelcome guest
Where an owner enters into negotiations with an intended business occupier, there are ways in which the transaction can be structured so as to avoid the occupier enjoying statutory rights of renewal pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (the Act).
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15/04/2008 When Equality Is Not Fair
Divorce has hit the headlines again as the court gave judgement in the McCartney case last month. This is another case of the super rich but what you may ask has that got to do with the average person such as you and me? How do the courts decide on who gets what in the normal family.
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20/03/2008 Road Crashes and Corporate Manslaughter
What Does the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (coming into force on 6th April 2008) have to do With Fatal Road Accidents?
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18/03/2008 Honesty is the best Policy
The recent case of Ansari v New India Assurance Ltd highlights the importance of disclosure when dealing with insurance polices.
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14/03/2008 Safer Business Parks Initiative
As part of the Thames Gateway Chamber of Commerce’s Safer Business Parks initiative, Brachers are pleased to announce three free legal surgeries over the coming months for members and tenants of the Medway City Estate.
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