With his FIFA’s ethics committee coming down like a tonne of bricks on Mohamed Bin Hammam – the once powerful executive now banned for life from all football-related activity – Sepp Blatter would hope outsiders accept he is now delivering on his promises to get world football’s under-fire governing body back on track. But banning […]

Most businesses are already aware that it is necessary to obtain a PRS (Performing Right Society) for Music licence for the purposes of playing recorded music in business premises. However, it is less well known that it is also necessary to obtain a PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited) licence for these purposes. The reason the above two separate […]

In our current spring newsletter we feature an article discussing the difficulties consumers face when attempting to cancel a gym membership part way through their gym contract. The reasons for cancellation of a gym membership can be varied. However the situation consumers face when attempting to cancel is always the same; namely that the membership […]

Love it or hate it Facebook is now clearly a part of everyday life for a vast proportion of us. Recent statistics show that one in thirteen people on earth hold a Facebook account with over 50% of those logging in every day. It is perhaps unsurprising therefore that industry insiders claim that one in […]

You may have read in the news recently that the Coalition Government is proposing to make it more difficult for employees to issue proceedings in the Employment Tribunal. This is partly in response to the increasing number of Tribunal claims and the spiralling cost to employers of defending those claims, but the Government has also […]

From 1 March 2011 all marketing communications on businesses’ own websites and in other non-paid-for web spaces under their control (e.g. Twitter and Facebook) will have to comply with the Non-broadcast Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing rules as set out in the Committee of Advertising Practice (“CAP”) Code. These rules focus particularly on misleading advertising, […]

Emotions following a separation run high and it is near impossible to put them to one side just because the countdown to Christmas has begun. In fact, the Christmas season often makes emotions more intense; reminiscing about the family Christmases past and wondering how those ahead are going to pan out. Having to manage the […]

The Tribunals Service has recently published annual statistics for Employment Tribunals for 2009-2010. A general overview of the report illustrates a significant 56% increase in the number of claims issued compared with the previous year, and an increase of 22% in the number of cases heard by the Employment Tribunal. These figures reflect the dramatic […]

In 2006 the Government introduced Empty House Development Orders (EHDO) with the intention of granting local councils the right to take over houses which have remained empty for more than six months, to bring them back into use. It was envisaged that the scheme would help address the lack of housing available while reducing the […]

In 2006 it was estimated by HSE that absence cost the UK economy approximately £12 billion, of which an estimated £3.7 billion was stress related. Current estimates place the cost of stress related illness to the UK Economy in the region of £5-7 billion per annum. With stress related illness on the rise, is it […]

What would happen to your finances, if you were suddenly incapacitated and couldn’t deal with things? Who would be able to step in and help you? Unless you had made a Lasting Power of Attorney, the answer is, no-one. Not even your spouse or civil partner can do this. Incapacity can be caused by many […]

If you provide goods to a customer you should include a provision in your terms and conditions of sale that entitle you to retain ownership of those goods, irrespective of whether you still hold possession or not, until payment is received in full. This is called a “retention of title” clause and needs to be […]