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Cherwell Business Awards 2016: The Winners are Announced
The prestigious 2016 Cherwell Business Awards brought together over 220 guests to celebrate the hard work, success and entrepreneurship of business people within North Oxfordshire. The 5th Cherwell Business Awards, which took place on Friday 20th May, once again shone the spotlight on the ingenuity, dedication and achievements of many talented individuals and businesses in […]
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Spratt Endicott Raises Enough Funds for 2 Life Saving Defibrillators in Banbury
Spratt Endicott Solicitors has given the Banbury Lions over £4,000, which now means they can purchase 2 life-saving defibrillators for the town of Banbury. Staff at Spratt Endicott Solicitors exceeded their £2000 target for the firm’s 2015/16 Charity of the Year, The Banbury Lions’ Defibrillator Appeal, raising a fantastic £4,045.48. This more than doubled the […]
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Negotiating and Managing Contracts for Security Services – Part Four
Employees TUPE (as defined below) is a valuable part of almost every security contract as the seller will take on any employees previously engaged in the buyer’s security operation. Therefore, the seller will be careful to take steps to minimise its exposure to claims from the TUPE’d employees. Likewise, the buyer will want to remove […]
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Modern Slavery Act 2015: An Update
The coming into force of the Modern Slavery Act has ensured that large swathes of the commercial world will be enlisted in the fight against slavery and trafficking as any company with a global turnover above £36 million will be required to produce a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year ending on […]
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Negotiating and Managing Contracts for Security Services – Part Three
Liability Clauses Liability clauses are heavily negotiated in most contracts. Unfortunately, this is too often the case in security service contracts too. Although both parties are likely to have key sticking points – such as the seller ensuring its liability does not exceed its insurance, and the buyer ensuring that the various levels of liability […]
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Landlords: Section 21 Notices Revisited
Sections 33 to 41 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (“DA 2015”) came into force on 1 October 2015. The provisions contain, amongst other things, restrictions as to how and when a notice served under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 can be served by landlords as a means of “ending” an assured shorthold tenancy […]
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Landlords: Section 21 Notices Revisited
Sections 33 to 41 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (“DA 2015”) came into force on 1 October 2015. The provisions contain, amongst other things, restrictions as to how and when a notice served under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 can be served by landlords as a means of “ending” an assured shorthold tenancy […]
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Budget 2016: Key Property Announcements for Residential Landlords
On 16 March 2016, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered the 2016 Budget. Insofar as the buy-to-let market is concerned, it has been variously described as “a kick in the teeth for” and “an outright assault on” residential landlords. In the emergency Budget delivered in July 2015, the Chancellor had already announced that […]
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Negotiating and Managing Contracts for Security Services – Part Two
Services and the Price There are a number of considerations for the parties to be aware of when negotiating the clauses relating to the contract price and the provision of services. For instance, the seller must be careful how the services are described due to the potential insurance implications. Likewise the buyer will want to […]
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