It has been just over a year now since the end of lockdown, though it may sometimes feel much longer. Returning to work in the office is still somewhat of a hot topic, as a result, with companies and organisations working towards bringing their employees back in.
There is an obligation to return to the office where an employer requires you to do so, and your normal workplace is the office, but there is a duty of care owed by…
Business Legal Documents: What Are They and How Should you Organise them?
As a business owner, it can be difficult to know where to start and what tools are available to you when it comes to organising your paperwork, particularly legal documents. What is the best way to collate your important files and information? And how can this make your business run more smoothly? Our partners Auderli are here to break down the most important aspects to keep in mind when…
Starting a new business can be a minefield! From coming up with a niche idea, getting funding, incorporating the business, attracting customers and hiring staff, there is a never ending list of things that need to be done. It’s no wonder they say an entrepreneur's day is 24 hours!
As an entrepreneur, your business is your baby, you’ve grown and developed it and naturally want it to succeed long term. That’s why we have prepared a list of some essentials for…
Future home buyers will be free from ground rent obligations from 30 June 2022, when the government’s ban on charging ground rent on leases comes into force.
From 30 June 2022, ground rent will be banned on most new residential leases from 30 June 2022, which should put an end to the expensive and unregulated cost of ground rent that has been borne by homeowners for so long.
This new legislation forms part of the governments reform package that will…
An LPA is a legal document that enables an individual (known as a Donor) to appoint a trusted person or people (known as Attorneys) to manage their affairs and make decisions on their behalf in the event that they lose mental capacity.
There are two types of LPA:
A Property and Finance LPA; and
A Health and Welfare LPA.
If you are asked to be an attorney for someone, it is…
Today we celebrate 5 wonderful years of Tiger Law!
When Vanessa Challess founded Tiger Law in 2017 she sought to create a working environment that allowed her, as a new mother, to allow her professional life and home life to coincide in a healthy way.
“Being a litigator and the last person anyone ever wanted to talk to meant I knew exactly how much and why the profession is disliked. I wanted to make accessing legal services much more human…
What is estate planning and why is it important
Many people will think planning what happens to your estate when you die is the extent of ‘estate planning’, when in fact there are a host of tools that not only enables the family and any business you leave behind, to understand your wishes, but to implement them more easily and at less cost.
Making plans for your death during your lifetime is not a process many enjoy,…
One of the silver linings to emerge during the Covid-19 pandemic is a huge surge in the e-commerce activities with many people reassessing their work/life balance, a widespread acceptance of working from home or even finding themselves unexpectedly unemployed.
As a result, we have been working closely with a number of businesses and website designers to help online businesses achieve compliance in this area either by preparing fresh policies from scratch or updating their existing policies. We like to…
Leasehold Reform Bill: clause for existing properties rejected by MPs.
It is a real shame that the leasehold reform bill is not taking into consideration those ‘homeowners’ who are currently trapped in a system that allows uncapped ground rent to be charged by freeholders on homes which they are supposed to ‘own’.
The existence of the bill suggests that there is an issue, and it is only purporting to fix half the problem. Could it be that the British government…
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