Following a change to planning rules which took effect on 30 September, developers can now extend their existing planning permissions to give them more time to weather the economic downturn.
Developers with planning permissions granted up until 30 September 2009 where the time limit for implementation has yet to expire may apply to extend their permissions. [...]
Landlords of commercial premises often try to prevent occupiers enjoying the protection of the Landlord & Tenant Act by giving them a licence rather than a lease. Unfortunately, they very often get it wrong.
First things first. Calling a document a licence doesn’t make it a licence. It is well-established law that if the nature of the [...]
As businesses continue to struggle at the moment, there’s been a recent increase in the number of SMEs who are making Directors redundant. It can often make sense: if a company’s activities have shrunk, with fewer sales and a reduced workforce, it can now appear too top heavy and under performing directors might be at [...]
Had my first management meeting today. Went well. Apparently my efforts not to drown in too much info by noting everything on the file is seen as being organised and not lacking in mental abilities (all of my colleagues seem to be able to remember the last detail of every case off the [...]
I’m not the newbie any more – one new trainee has started and there’s another coming soon. Although I’m only a few months ahead of them, because I’ve passed the basic hurdle of getting used to the system, and have (hopefully) shown the office I can cope with the things that are thrown at [...]
Having succeeded in passing off the staffing moves as ”asset reallocations” the firm has finally run out of places to hide: and is forced to announce redundancies.
But, as ever, it handles them with the diplomatic skills of George W Bush.
With no warning an e-mail is circulated which announces: “The Immediate Intention to Implement Staffing Reduction Measures”.
It provokes firm-wide …
Jane is both astonished and envious of my new-found status as: “Workers’ Champion”.
“You used to be such a goody-two-shoes,” she sneers. “You would never have dreamed of doing something like this when I first met you.”
“Yes I would!” I protest.
“No you wouldn’t. You were frightened of everything. Now you’re taking on …
The Boss immediately delegates the job of contacting the private detective to me.
“How exciting!” Liz exclaims, when I tell her. “Working with a real, live detective. You get all the best cases.”
Hardly.
“Will he be like Magnum PI, do you think?” asks Alex.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Jane snaps, before I can respond. “This …
Peacock Chambers’ annual drinks party is almost upon us.
“Do we have to go?” Jane grumbles. “Can’t we just go out and enjoy ourselves without hordes of irritating barristers about?”
“Not if we want to do it for free,” Liz points out.
“With pink champagne,” Alex adds.
She shoots him a despairing look. “Free champagne …
About ten years ago English litigation had an image change. Out went aggressive tactics and court room bullying and in came touchy-feely tecnniques like, “alternative dispute resolution” and ”case management conferences”. Most litigators found it easy to get to grips with the new system, but The Boss isn’t ”most litigators”….
“It wasn’t like this in …