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2009 Legal Updates

January 2009

Employment – Holiday Pay For Long-Term Sick Employees
Governance – Looking To The Future 
Property – Charity Shops

February 2009

Employment – Care Workers 
Governance – Challenging Funding Loss And Tender Processes 
Property – Tenants In Financial Difficulty

March 2009

Employment – Statutory Dismissal And Disciplinary Procedure 
Governance – Operating In Northern Ireland? 
Governance – Companies Act Reminder 
Property – Property Insurance

April 2009

Governance – Tax Relief On Charitable Donations
Governance – Charitable Companies – Notices Of General Meetings
Property – Landlord’s Right To Enter Leasehold Premises
Employment – Self Employment

May 2009

Governance – Public Benefit – Applications For Registration
Governance – New Inheritance Tax Form
Property – Vat Must Usually Be Charged On Desk Space Agreements
Employment – Law Lords Rule On Off-Site Health & Safety Duties
Employment – Consultants’ Duties Of Confidentiality

June 2009

Governance – Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998
Property – Health and Safety and Asbestos
Employment – Fraudulent or Negligent Misrepresentations by an Employee

July 2009

Governance – Companies Act 2006 – Changes Effective From 1 October 2009
Trust Law – Increase In Challenges To Legacies 
Property – New Vat Charge For Some Charities
Employment – Employment Status

August 2009

Governance – Companies Act 2006 – Optional Changes Effective From 1 October 2009
Trust Law – Legacy Challenges
Property – Charity Shops – Forecourts
Employment – Discrimination

September 2009

Governance – Cio Consultation
Property – Fire Safety
Employment – Heyday Challenge: Retirement Age Of 65 Is Lawful 

October 2009

Legacy Issues For Charities – Recent Rspca Case
Governance And Commercial – Trademarks
Property – Restrictive Covenants
Employment – Employer Liable For Accrued Untaken Holiday Over 7 And A Half Years Of Employment
Employment – Agency Workers 

December 2009

Employment – Sickness during Annual Leave
Property – Removal, Variation of Specie Trusts
Governance and Commercial – Governing Bodies And The Removal Of Members
Governance and Commercial – The Independent Safeguarding Authority

 

2008 Legal Update Archive

January 2008

Property - Modifying Restrictive Covenants - Another Way?
Employment - Casusal Workers
The Chair's Casting Vote
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

February 2008

Charitable Companies - This year’s AGM
Employment - Unfair Dismissal / Age Discrimination
Disability Legislation and Property
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

March 2008

Governence - Public Benefit
Property - Authorised Use
Charities Act 2006 - Commencement Timetable
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

April 2008

Employment - Immigration StatusBenefit
Governance - Shell Companies and Legacies
Property - Empty Rates Relief and Charities
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

May 2008

Employment - Sex Discrimination
Governance - Corporate Manslaughter & Homicide Act 2007
Property - Car Parking Rights
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

June 2008

Property - Tax Effective Donations To Charities
Employment - Self Employment
Governance/Intellectual Property - Copyright
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

July 2008

Property & Employment - Disability Discrimination Legislation and Landlord and Tenant Law
Employment - Casual Workers
Governance/Intellectual Property - Data Protection
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

August 2008

Employment - Round Up Of Employment Law Cases
Governance - Charitable Incorporated Organisations
Property - Disapplication Of A Landlord's Election To Charge VAT On Leases
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

September 2008

Employment - Unlawful Deductions from Wages
Governance - Trading Subsidiaries - Managing the Conflict of Interest
Property - The Importance of Confirming Terms of an Agreement in Writing
Forthcoming Events & Seminars

October 2008

Property – Tenancies At Will And Leases
Employment – Unfair Dismissal
Governance – Charity Mergers Register And Vesting Declarations 

November 2008

Governance – Charitable Status And Legacies
Governance – Letters Of Intent/ Heads Of Terms/ Memorandum
Property – Leases And Disrepair – Keeping It Real
Employment – Stress Claims

December 2008

Property – Informal Occupation Arrangements
Employment – Unfair Dismissal
Employment – Disability Discrimination
Governance – Public Benefit Test Bears Its Teeth

 

2007 Legal Update Archive

January 2007

The Charities Act and company law reform - what should charities be doing?
Mortgages and the Charities Act 2006
The Companies Act 2006 - the key changes
Company information: E-mail and websites
Companies Act 2006 - electronic notice of meetings
Forthcoming Events

February 2007

Mortgages and Charities Act 2006
Charities Act Implementation
Self-employed and Contract Staff
Employers’ Potential Liability for Employees Use of Mobile Phones Whilst Driving
Companies Act 2006 and Proxy Voting
Forthcoming Events


March 2007

Work and Families Act
Further Warning for Landlords?
Disability Discrimination in Residential Premises
A Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Smoking Ban
Tax Liabilities for the Self-Employed
Forthcoming Events


April 2007

Managing Property and Occupiers
Companies Act
Do you Need a General Meeting?
Forthcoming Events


May 2007

Managing Conflicts of Interest
English Charities Operating in Scotland
Help For Social Landlords
Section 36 Of The Charities Act 1993 – An Outline for Surveyors


June 2007

Employment Status
Property – Defective Premises
Parental Rights
Mergers Correction: Conflicts of Interest Announcement


July 2007

Trustee Indemnity Insurance – No Panacea
Statutory Holiday Entitlement
Annual Returns: Tougher Measures
Announcement


August 2007

Disability discrimination
The without predjudice rule
Providing insurance as a benefit of membership
Home workers
Announcements
Forthcoming Events


September 2007

Company Law - Directors' Duties
Company Law - General meetings and resolutions
Buildings and the environment
A reminder: In Force from October
Announcements
Forthcoming Events


October 2007

Adverse Possession and First Registration
Ex gratia payments and settling employment claims
Employment Status of Clergy
Announcements
Forthcoming Events

November 2007

Health and Safety
Employment Contracts
Landlords and Tenants Liability
Buildings and the Environment
Forthcoming Events


December 2007

Property - Stamp Duty Land Tax
Employment - Transfer of Undertakings
Property Registration
Mergers

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2006 Legal Update Archive

January 2006

Sharing good practice in managing property
Ministers of religion claim sex discrimination
Unfair contract terms in residential tenancy agreements
Operating in Scotland - further implications of registration
Underletting and sharing occupation


February 2006

Working Capital for Trading Subsidiaries
Civil Partnerships
Pursuing Payment under Funding Contracts
Holiday Pay
Statutory Grievance Procedure
Expensive decision for Social Landlords
Forthcoming Events - Health and Social Care Conference
('Routes to Growth' - click here for more information)


March 2006

Disability Discrimination
Self Employed Staff – Tax Risks
Choosing a Constitution - Company Limited by Guarantee or Charitable Incorporated Organisation?
English Charity – Registration in Scotland
Land Registry Plans


April 2006

Creative Commons
Asserting your Intellectual Property rights
Back to Basics: Unincorporated Associations and Partnerships
Wills – when is a collection of art a charitable activity?
Gift Aid time limits and other issues
The Powers of Members of Charitable Companies


May 2006

Use of “On-Call” Workers
Loss of Tax Relief on Non-Charitable Expenditure
Data Protection
Terminating Residential Tenancies – assured shorthold tenancies
Transfer of Undertakings - TUPE 2006
Reclaiming VAT


June/July 2006

Trustee Benefits
Take a Break
Domain Names
English Charity - Registration in Scotland
Gift Aid
Disability Discrimination
Judicial Review - A Useful Tool?


August 2006

Lease Negotiation - Rectifying Mistakes
Moral Rights for Performers
Charity Logos, Crowns and The Court of Chivalry
Freedom of Information - The Charity Commission
Forthcoming Events


September 2006

Important News for Social Landlords
Cross-Border Charities - Registration in Scotland
Relocation, Relocation, Relocation
A Reminder: In Force from October
Charities and Fraud: Taking on the Enemy Within
Forthcoming Events


December 2006

Unfair dismissal by religious institutions
Care standards listing system breaches human rights
Slow implementation of the charities act
Domain name disputes – WWF
Companies Act


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2005 Legal Update Archive

January 2005

Charities Bill
Simplified procedure for authorising trustee payments
Managing residential leasehold property - important update
Employment law - compensation for unfair dismissal
Dates for your diary


February 2005

Update on forthcoming employment legislation
Rolled up holiday pay
Frustration
NGO fully protected against costs of judicial review
Trustee recruitment
Volunteers
London youth data protection seminar
Dates for your diaries


March 2005

TUPE and pensions
Licensing act changes
Meetings
Dates for you diaries


April 2005

The Right To Holiday Pay - Two Recent Decisions
Public Bodies - Duty to Consult
Charities and Commercial Property
A Victory For Human Rights?
Dates for you diaries


May 2005

Protection If You Litigate - Protective Costs Orders
Religious Discrimination in Employment
Parental Rights
Dates for you diaries


June 2005

The Importance of an Organisation's Name - Personal Liability for Trustees
More News on Protective Costs Orders
A Victory for Common Sense (and Landlords?)
A New Model for Social Enterprise - Community Interest Companies
Dates for you diaries


July 2005

Trading (and other) Subsidiaries of Charities - Board Composition
Car parks - Rights, Responsibilities and New Regulations
Employment Tribunals Service Annual Report (2004-05)
Age Discrimination


August 2005

Sharing Leasehold Premises
Data Protection and Employees
Agency Workers
Documents and Information Management


September 2005

Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts
Complexities of casual status
Human Rights Act – Right to Family life
Rent Review


October 2005

Protecting Your Organisation’s Name or Logo
Recovery of a Landlord’s Legal Costs
Operating in Scotland
Age Discrimination


November 2005

Reducing the Cost of AGM Mailings
Sex Discrimination Changes
Disability Discrimination and Learning Difficulties
Volunteering Compact - Code of Good Practice
Prescribed Lease Clauses
Termination of Leases for 'Technicalities'


December 2005

New Duties if you Supply Products
Sex Discrimination
Ending Leases Early
Compromise Agreements
New Companies Bill
A Year's Employment



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2004 Legal Update Archive

February 2004

Allowing your trading subsidiary to use your premises
Employment claims and costs
Gift aid
Legacies


March 2004

Worrying decision on volunteers
Independent chairs and mediation
Leases
Human resources benchmarking
Data protection and subject access
Legacies


April 2004

Reviewing your Constitution Part 1
Charity Fair 2004
The Trustees Conference 2004
Legacies


May 2004

Reviewing your Constitution Part 2
Appeals Against Internal Disciplinary Sanctions
The Trustees Conference 2004
Negotiation and Compact
TUPE or Not TUPE?


June/July 2004

Small Claims, Old Claims, Legal Aid Costs
Trading Subsidiaries
Employment Tribunal Costs
Landlord and Tenant Act Reformed
Use of Volunteers

September 2004

New statutory dismissal and grievance procedures
Dispute resolution
Disability discrimination and tenants
Alterations to property
Reasonable adjustments for disabled employees
National minimum wage
Training conference - employment

October 2004

Implications of the new sorp
Disability discrimination
Service providers
Work permits
Awards for psychiatric injury at work
Dates for your diary


November 2004

Working time regulations: Maximum working week
Section 38 charities act 1993 and grant clawback
Demoted tenancies
Unincorporated charities and leases
The right to know?
Absence at work
Dates for your diary

December 2004

Looking forward to 2005
Property law - changes in 2004
Employment law - retirement age and age discrimination
Consents to assign / the importance of up to date addresses
Xmas parties!
Dates for your diary

 
2003 Legal Update Archive

January 2003

Is interest due?
Do you have the power?
Children and career break schemes
In-house legal training group - focus on negotiation

February 2003

Abuse of funder power challenged
Consider alternative dispute resolution (or pay the price)
Licences
In-house Legal Training Group - focus on litigation

March 2003

Policies
Strategy Unit update
The cost of discrimination
Surrendering a lease or disposing of charity land
Company Register - update
In-house Legal Training Group - focus on litigation

April 2003

Human Rights and professional associations
Data Protection and reciprocal mailings
Rolled up holiday pay
The Tupe regulations - failure to consult
Charity Commission developments
Civil litigation - fees
The Trustee Conference - 3 June 2003
10th Annual Employment Law Conference

May 2003

Trust Administration
Duties to your insurance company
Retirement on grounds of ill health
Career breaks

June 2003

Amendments to race relations act
Equal pay act questionnaire
Dress codes
Data protection - employee monitoring code
Discrimination on grounds of religion and belief
Merger

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July 2003

Council tax in care homes
Post employment discrimination
Unfair dismissal
Lease renewals
Employment agency

September 2003

Promotion of diversity and equality
Human rights update
Health and safety - working from home
Sickness absence - work related stress
Public sector contracting
Repairing obligations in leases
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, religion or belief

October 2003

Disability discrimination and your rent
Retirement age
How can members cast their votes?
ACAS pilot mediation scheme
Employment law training


November 2003

Human Rights update
Privacy and electronic communications
Litigation
Housing


December 2003

Disciplinary matters
Data protection
Housing and human rights


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2002 Legal Update Archive

January 2002

Letting rooms
Mergers and transferred staff
Web sites and the law
Employment compensation increases
National minimum wage
Land registration

February 2002

Changes to governing documents
Companies House - Web filing
Money claim online
Rent review test case
Settling debts

March 2002

Career breaks, holiday pay and long-term sick leave
Employees and stress
Data Protection and Employment


April 2002

VAT and grant giving
Sickness absence
Charitable status and sport
Debt collection
Intellectual property and educational organisations
The Trustee Conference 2002

May 2002

Human Rights Act obligations
Temporary Workers
Increased risks - self-employed and other contractors
Registered social landlords
The Trustee Conference 2002

June 2002

Funding trading subsidiaries
Confidentiality: trustees who are company directors
Stress tested regulations?
Holiday pay - use of "rolled up" payments
Overseas personnel
Vicarious liability: Charity Commission guidance
Leases and disrepair


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July 2002

Promotion of Human Rights
Holiday entitlement while sick - moderating the impact
Employment regulations for care homes
Fixed term worker regulations - an update
Employment Act passed
Residential tenancies and Stamp Duty

August 2002

Permanent Health Insurance
National Minimum Wage and Live-in Care Workers
Charity Websites - five legal tips
In-house Legal Training Group

September 2002

Redundancy and unfair dismissal - upper qualifying age
Care in recovering costs from staff
Data Protection in practice
Research contracts and VAT
Fixed term workers
Minimum wage
Leases to other charities
In-house legal training group

October 2002

Fund-raising events - your duties
Charity Commission visits - not a cause for concern?
Human Rights and Data Protection
Employment agency introduction fees
In-house legal training group

November 2002

Flexible working
Data Protection for fundraisers
Celebrity endorsement and image rights
In-house legal training group

December 2002

Web-site risks - defamation
Tribunal awards increase
In-house legal training group

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2001 Legal Update Archive

January 2001

New directive on equal opportunities
Extending liability for discrimination
Defamation and the Internet
Charity law seminars
Schedule of dilapidations
Are you being harrassed by a vexatious litigant?

February 2001

Reviewing investments
Employment awards increase
Careful with suspensions
Natural justice is key
Risks with discretionary bonuses or benefits for staff
Funding agreements, contracts and data protection
Are you liable for interest payments?

March 2001

Losing a grant from a public body
Employment tribunal claims go up again
Disciplinary procedures
Charity Web sites - five legal tips

April 2001

Whistle-blowing - 2 years on
Where the charity withdraws a grant or benefit
Legal audits/reviews and the new SORP
Age discrimination legislation
Equal opportunities
Need to boost your CPD points?
Gift Aid
Community Legal Service Quality Mark - do you need it?

June 2001

Relying on Charity Commission Advice
CharityScotland
Charity Trustees' names on the Internet?
Liability for the acts of employees

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July 2001

Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
Charity Commission developments
Locked up capital
New risks for training charities
The Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook
Domain.info
Holidays
Introduction fees - a warning
Data Protection audits - adequacy or compliance?
In-house legal training group

August 2001

New incorporated structure for charities
Normal retirement age and unfair dismissal
In-house legal training group
Interest on commercial debts

September 2001

A tougher charity commission
Electronic communication with charity members
Database right debut
Health and safety
In-house legal training group

October 2001

Disability discrimination and process
Changes to maternity, paternity and adoption leave
New national minimum wage
Working time amendment
TUPE - changes
Loans for charities
In-house legal training group

November 2001

Trustees - greater disclosure
Employment Bill 2001
Data Protection update
New procedures for property litigation
Housing benefit
VAT and new homes
Charity law seminars
In-house legal training group

December 2001

Human Rights Act - are you a public body?
Further review at the Charity Commission
Sport
Disability
New maternity and parental leave arrangements
Sex discrimination

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2000 Legal Update Archive

July 2000

Covenants in the new Gift Aid environment
Ex Gratia payments
Wider investment powers?
Trading subsidiaries no longer necessary?
Part-time workers' regulations
Discrimination against part-time workers

September 2000

Notice by staff
Tough council contract terms attacked
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Consultation on draft lawful business practice regulations
www.internet.info
Disabled access
Human Rights Act 1998

October 2000

New guidance on payment of charity trustees
Human Rights Act
Monitoring e-mail and telephone use
"Contracted out" leases
Sharing premises
Cost duties for property owners
The long arm of TUPE
Unfair dismissal
Disciplinary procedures
Human Rights update

November 2000

Liability for rogue trustees
New directive on equal opportunities in employment
Restrictive covenants
Charity law seminars
Increased protection for charity retailers
Countdown to stakeholder pensions

December 2000

Volunteers - extension of risks
Charity Commission guidance on research
Charity Commission guidance - accounts
Charity law seminars
Age discrimination
Copyright - protecting your designs
Schedule of delapidations

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