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Spotlight on Regulations for Residential Landlords - Data Protection

Andrew Morley
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Landlords today face a bewildering array of regulations. Many are centred around tenant safety and might be thought matters of common sense or good practice, but any breach could lead variously to a fine, compensation claim, a Prohibition Notice requiring...

Know your onions

David Rogerson
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The recent case of Barton v Wright Hassall [2018] UKSC 12 raised two interesting issues, namely could ineffective service of proceedings be validated under the Court rules and are litigants in person to be given extra leeway if they make a mistake, as they...

Morrisons 'vicariously liable' for data breach; What does the decision mean for employers?

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The Court of Appeal has recently upheld a judgment finding that the supermarket chain Morrisons was vicariously liable for a data leak of payroll information by a rogue employee.  The case concerned an employee of Morrisons, Mr Skelton, who was an...

Persons with Significant Control - In The Know

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Are you aware of what constitutes having significant control in a company? Many companies are not aware of the requirement to register a person with significant control ( PSC ) or how it identifies a PSC. In this blog I look into how a person is deemed to...

Right to Rent Checks

Andrew Morley
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Landlords today face a bewildering array of regulations. Many are centred around tenant safety and might be thought matters of common sense or good practice, but any breach could lead variously to a fine, compensation claim, a Prohibition Notice requiring...

Top 5: FAQs on deeds and documents

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So you have just spent many weeks (or even months) negotiating and drafting terms to your documents, and the time has finally come when these documents need to be signed – now what? How you sign these documents is important because if they are not...