Chairman’s Blog Thursday 9th May 2013. A good turnout – 27 Members and 2 guests. Stewart Oldham an IT Consultant who was “observing” in anticipation of Billericay’s launch meeting on the 14th May 2013 and Angus Brown a Personal Trainer who I believe was seen with a membership form in his hand when he finally departed the…
Possession orders are used by property and land owners, private and public sector, to remove tenants and trespassers from property or land. As the process is different in each case, this article gives guidance on each situation. Residential trespassers As squatting in residential property is now a criminal offence under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and…
Chairman’s Blog – Meeting Thursday 2nd May 2013 Good attendance, 27 in all including guest Barry Hicks from RM Magazine and Magician. A Lively meeting was very effectively kicked off by David Plumley’s Education Slot when he emphasised the importance amongst other things of fully preparing your 60 seconds and 10 minute presentations. As if…
Not everyone can work from home, the majority of businesses need premises and these are normally occupied under the provisions of a Commercial Lease. A lease creates many obligations and is invariably drawn to benefit the Landlord and yet it is currently a tenants market. There are plenty of premises out there. When…
Make sure you get it right from the beginning. It will be a small price to pay to make sure you are set up property and have clear agreement of all relevant issues to the running of the business . Here is a check list for you:- Are you trading with the…
Chairman’s Blog – Meeting Thursday 25th April 2013. Reasonably well attended meeting, 25 members and 1 guest Alan Pegg who has made application to join and has been accepted by the Committee. Hopefully we will be able to induct him next week.
TWELVE IN A BOAT (a personal recollection of a day well spent) There were 12 disciples, the English Criminal Justice System is based upon 12 good men a true. It is only if you call them a dozen that you run into complications. Dozen is derived from the French douzaine (what do they know about…
Have you been threatened with the possibility of redundancy? Take legal advice as soon as possible. Take full advantage of your rights in this difficult situation. We offer comprehensive advice at all stages of the process including advising on compromise agreements and making applications to the employment tribunal for unfair dismissal. This blog post was…
1. WHERE THERE’S A WILL YOU HAVE A WAY… How many people know the detailed provisions of the Intestacy Rules and in particular, if you do not have a will how your money will be distributed on your death? It will be a large percentage of the population including many lawyers so far as the…
Chairman’s Blog – Thursday 18th April 2013-04-18 A reasonable turnout 26 members 1 guest, Alan Peck of B Bright Cleaning Associates. The Education Slot was delivered by Alan Shaw and it lived up to our wildest expectations. His topic was Quality; quality travel, quality hotels and quality airlines. I had no problem with the title,…