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Fitness for Human Habitation: Is Your Rented Property Acceptable?
Is your rented property fit for human habitation?
It is estimated that 2.5-3 million people, including children, live in unsafe conditions (Shelter 2017). The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 (“the Act”) aims to ensure that all landlords provide and maintain homes to an acceptable standard.
From 20 March 2019, landlords...
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The Inheritance Act Claims Procedure – Delay and permission to claim
The Inheritance Act Claims Procedure – Delay and permission to claim developments. There have been 3 cases so far this year dealing ...
Avril SimisterTrainee Chartered Legal Executive
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Legal Workplace Temperatures in the UK
With heatwaves in the summer months in the UK becoming more common place, what should businesses be doing to ensure their employees ...
Rosie EvansSolicitor
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Non-Disclosure Agreements: UK Law and Debates
Non-Disclosure Agreements – or NDAs – have been in the news lately. But why? What are NDAs and why are they considered ...
David TurnerPartner
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Audio Recording in the Workplace
Audio Recording in the Workplace: UK Law – Kitsons The recent decision in Phoenix House Limited v Stockman demonstrates the considerations of ...
Rosie EvansSolicitor
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The re-use of a Company Name: Section 216 – Kitsons
Can a Liquidated Company Name be Reused? Re-using a company name or a “prohibited name” is an issue that arises when a ...
Andrew PayPartner / Head of Insolvency
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Vicarious Liability – Discrimination
In this case, a colleague of the Claimant, Ms S, posted an image of a golliwog on her private Facebook page with ...
Rosie EvansSolicitor
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A smarter way to resolve commercial disputes
Escalate – Dispute Resolution for SMEs Escalate from Bishop Fleming on Vimeo. Kitsons has become the latest leading professional services business ...
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Disability Discrimination
Reasonable Adjustments In the recent case of Linsley v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom the EAT held that the Tribunal ...
Rosie EvansSolicitor
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A Parking Fine for the Wrong Registration Number
What is the loss? With technology constantly changing the norms, parking meters are increasingly requiring you to enter your registration details in ...
Lauren BaberSolicitor
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A new wave of dispute resolution
Don’t leave it too late UK businesses write off millions of pounds every year in unpaid bills – often unnecessarily. The ...
