Ballantyne Grant recently received instructions to act on behalf of a developer client which had been served with prohibition notices on several properties which it owned. All four properties were situated in a fashionable and expensive area of London. The notices had been served by the local authority which claimed that the properties posed a [...]
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Statutory Payments Increase.
The 1st February 2012 will see an increase in the amounts payable under employment legislation. The following changes will be made – 1. The maximum amount of a weeks pay for redundancy purposes increases from £400 to £430. 2.The compensatory award for unfair dismissal increases from £68,400 to £72,300. 3. The statutory guarantee payment increases [...]
Christmas Opening Times
Please note that this firm will close at 12 pm on the 23rd December 2011 and re open for business at 9 am on the 28th December. We close for new year on Friday the 30th December and re open at 9 am on the 3rd January 2012. We would like to wish all of [...]
Property rights – Don’t leave them to chance.
The Supreme Court decision in the case of Jones v Kernott was delivered yesterday. The case concerned the property rights of an unmarried couple after separation. Whilst some may take comfort from the decision the better advice is to make sure you deal with matters properly in the first place !. In Jones v Kernott [...]
