The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to all non-domestic premises in England and Wales, including the common parts of blocks of flats and houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). The law applies to you if you are:
1. responsible for business premises
2. an employer or self-employed with business premises
3. responsible for a part of a [...]
New UK Legal Centre
A new 300 million pound court complex has been established and will open in the following weeks of September 2011. The new complex is going to house 11 stories of court offices including 31 courts, three super courts, and provide a venue for multiparty disputes. The building is called the Rolls Building [...]
A compensation claim involving Hollywood film star has demonstrated the importance of keeping your property in line with official building standards if you are having work completed in or around your business or residential property. Failure to keep to these standards could leave businesses or householders open to personal injury compensation claims if accidents occur.
Sharon [...]
Having been used to dealing with their employment law obligations in house, Midland Healthcare were finding increasingly more of their time was being taken up understanding complex legislation that had to be dealt with on an almost daily basis.
This was valuable time that could have been spent promoting the group and maintaining the high standards [...]
When it comes to getting a legal contract put in place most businesses would go to a lawyer or solicitor to get a contract drafted if they did not have to consider the cost but legal contracts are expensive but at DIY Legals you can get templates to draft your own. The problem is that [...]
If you consider some of the hazardous occupations out there, you may think that your office is a comparatively safe working environment. However, statistics show that every year, thousand of people are injured in the office and make personal injury claims as a result. With many other jobs the risks are obvious. Firemen run the [...]
When you buy things on eBay, you pay the seller before they send you anything. This means that you, as a buyer, are vulnerable to all sorts of problems. You might not get the items you have paid for, or they might be damaged or faulty. Luckily, you have two very important rights when you [...]
Sometimes, things happen that can cause credit problems: a temporary loss of income, an illness, even a computer error. Solving credit problems may take time and patience, but it doesnt have to be an ordeal.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces the credit laws that protect your right to get, use and maintain credit. These laws [...]
Although we all have an understanding of what law is, and generally why it’s appropriate that it should be in place to serve and regulate our conduct in society, we seldom think of what law actually means in an everyday context. What is law for the average Joe in the street? How does [...]
After being told no for the last 200 years, the House of Representatives have okayed a bill that would allow a House of Representatives position to be created for the residents of the District of Columbia. This is a complete shock to some, who analyze the situation and state that technically the District of [...]
