Jury Service – a guide for employers
More than 400,000 people are randomly summoned for compulsory jury service in the UK each year. Jury service usually lasts up to two weeks and losing an employee for this length of time can be very...
Continue ReadingThe hidden dangers of DIY legal forms
With the wealth of DIY information and online template forms available to everyone today, often it’s very easy to think you can do something better yourself. However, there’s one area of...
Continue ReadingPension auto-enrolment and what it means for employers and employees
With effect from October 2012, the biggest UK employers will automatically start enrolling employees into new workplace pensions as part of a government scheme to address the widening pension deficit...
Continue ReadingAgricultural Property Relief – how to protect the family farm from the taxman
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Continue ReadingThe most important piece of paper you’ll ever sign – your will
No one wants to think about his or her own mortality, but you never know what’s around the corner. And the last thing you want to do, when your loved ones are mourning you, is leave them...
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Signing on the dotted line and why a written contract should be at the heart of your business
There is one often-overlooked area vital to secure future business success – formal written contracts for business partners, suppliers and customers. Setting up a business can be both...
Continue ReadingAgricultural law firms – what you need to know
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Continue ReadingBuying your home – what is conveyancing?
Alistair Millar, a conveyancing lawyer at Tallents Solicitors in Southwell explains the key legal procedures that must be dealt with before completion of the purchase can take place. When buying...
Continue ReadingCharity begins at home
Frances Kelly, of Tallents Solicitors in Newark, explains how you can leave a legacy that will help future generations for many years to come. The current economic crisis has affected the attitudes...
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