This business briefing highlights the key issues a business should consider during contract negotiations. Always take legal advice when negotiating a large or unusual contract. The first question to ask...
Listen TSP’s Head of Residential Property, solicitor Laura Finnigan, and team member Catie Spink, a Graduate Member of the Institute of Chartered Legal Executives, join Dream 100’s Murf (Jonathan Murphy)...
Listen In a recent Dream 100 “Ask the Expert “ Laura Finnigan, who leads the Residential Property team at TSP, and Catie Spink, GCILEx, discuss with Murf (Jonathan Murphy) the...
…for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage. The Government has continued with its policy, introduced in October 2013, of publicly naming and shaming companies that have been found in...
In the budget on 18th March 2015 the Government has announced a new scheme to get first time buyers on to the property ladder. The new “Help to Buy ISA”...
Stephen Firmin, who leads the Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) Agricultural team, returns to the subject of Promotion Agreements. We are constantly told about the need to build more houses...
This week the Supreme Court delivered judgment in the eagerly anticipated case of Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14. The case has received significant press attention on the basis that...
This business briefing sets out the factors that need to be considered when incorporating a private limited company. What type of company can be incorporated? A new business can be...
TSP’s Head of Employment Richard Porter looks back on what, in hindsight, he might have done differently. How would you describe yourself at 18? Both my father and my grandfather...
In order to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 a solicitor must look into each transaction to ensure that the circumstances are consistent with their knowledge of the transaction. ...
Transferring Copyright by Assignment: A High Court case provides a useful reminder to anyone seeking a transfer of intellectual property rights to obtain a copy of the assignment that has...
This business briefing sets out the actions a business should take when a dispute or potential dispute arises. It applies to any dispute or incident, whether started by the business or...
This business briefing highlights the factors a business should consider if it is thinking of settling a commercial dispute. Why settle? A settlement gives the business certainty and closure, and...
Listen TSP’s Head of Wills and Estates, Fiona Ashworth, and Nicola Ashby (GCILEx) join Dream 100’s Murf (Jonathan Murphy) to discuss the importance of making a Will and, in particular,...
The TSP Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution team, discusses the ongoing progress of the proposed changes to current UK consumer law. The Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) has issued consultation...
On 6 February 2015 The British Heart Foundation held its annual ‘Wear it, Beat it’ Day. The charity asked individuals and businesses around the nation to show their support by wearing red...
The TSP Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution team, sets out the recent government proposals to changes in the legal regulation of residential tenancy relationships between landlord and tenant. The government...
Thompson Smith and Puxon’S (TSP) Wills and Estates team discusses Enduring Powers of Attorney (“EPAs”) and when they need to be registered. An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA”) is a...
TSP Residential Property team discusses what you should do with your title deeds. Title Deeds are documents which prove ownership of property or land. During the last 90 years the...
Sharon Auton, who leads the TSP Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution team, discusses how the costs of litigation are likely to significantly increase if proposals put forward by the government...
A recent Court of Appeal case illustrates the difficulties that can arise when a business partnership operates from shared premises but does not give full consideration to the legal structure...
The Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) Family and Divorce team, discuss the introduction of marriage for same-sex couples and the ability of those already registered in civil partnerships to convert...
Listen Steve Webb , TSP’s Head of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence solicitor joins Dream 100’s Murf (Jonathan Murphy) to talk about Hospitals and in particular Accident and Emergency Departments...
Fiona Ashworth, Head of the Wills and Estates team at Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP), discusses Agriculture and Reliefs. “Between the duties expected of one during one’s lifetime, and the...
TSP is pleased to report that the firm will once again be entering a team of Santas into the annual Santa Fun Run, organised by Colchester Hospitals Charity, CoHoC, which...
The CQC has ranked nearly every GP’s surgery in England in terms of the risk that they will provide poor care. The regulator used 38 different indicators to rank practices...
Listen TSP’s Head of Personal Injury, Steve Webb, joins Dream 100’s Murf (Jonathan Murphy) to dispel some of the myths that surround personal injury claims. They talked about how claims...
Thompson Smith and Puxon’s (TSP) Residential Property team answers a question that they are often asked about replacement windows. I want to replace some of the windows at my house. ...
On Wednesday 29 October 2014 TSP’s Head of Personal Injury, Steve Webb, joined Dream 100’s Murf (Jonathan Murphy) to dispel some of the myths that surround personal injury claims. They...
This business briefing sets out the key issues a business should consider before entering into a settlement agreement with an employee. A settlement agreement (formerly known as a compromise agreement)...