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The Orchard - Spring 2008
Company Secretaries: who needs them?
Capital Gains Tax charges
Danger! Cash!
Harassment, Homophobes and the Heterosexual
Construction Site Waste Management Plans
Trustee in bankruptcy validly appointed
No win, no fee… no worries

The Orchard - Christmas 2007
Inheritance tax changes
Companies Act 2006: Latest changes for directors
Development agreements: Fair dealing and good faith
No trust when the decks are ‘stacked’
Building contracts and residential occupiers

The Orchard - Autumn 2007
Corporate manslaughter from next April
Administration orders and disputed debts – a Pro-fit for creditors?
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Witches, murderers and others
Business Lease Renewals
The Negligent Professional

The Orchard - Summer 2007
Home information packs: More confusion
Powerhouse or power failure? Can you guarantee your guarantee?
Divorce and bankruptcy: High Court places creditors before former spouse
Under age sales
More leave, more pay
The negligent professional

The Orchard - Spring 2007
New Companies Act - The saga continues
Winsome Churchill
Stub it out!
Mental capacity update
Chancel Repairs
Professional negligence funding
Part 36 offers
Tenancy deposits: the new regime

The Orchard - Christmas 2006
Shareholding made easy?
Dreaming of a REIT Christmas
... or a Christmas Nightmare
Becoming age aware
I didn't mean it…
Enduring Powers of Attorney - why you should act now!
E-mail

The Orchard Autumn 2006
Europe tells UK workforce: take a break
Diary notes
Fire safety reform - are you ready?
Public Access to Statements of Case
Landlords beware on tenant insolvency
Letters of intent - safe or sorry?
Have a break…
Easy tax planning

The Orchard Summer 2006
Budget day blow to favoured tax status for trusts
Count down to age discrimination
BNP/Racial discrimination
Holiday Entitlement Consultation Paper
Registering Judgments
Too late for second thoughts
Company law simplified?
Mediation: its time has come?
Consumer debt and bankruptcy

The Orchard Spring 2006
Strategic acquisitions: Part One
Meade King news
Options after bankruptcy
Agency Commission Compensation/Indemnity
Increase in scope for overlap in Discrimination Claims
Round-up of increases in pay awards

The Orchard Christmas 2005
Happy Christmas
Top tips when forming a limited company
Why make a will?
Pension update
Tenant's repair obligations
10 New Year resolutions for employers

The Orchard Autumn 2005.
Home Information Packs
Meade King News
Selling your business: disclosure in a virtual world
Quiet Enjoyment
Age Old Stereotypes
Debts across the spectrum - the House of Lords decides
Raising Venture Capital
Abandonment of a right of way

The Orchard Summer 2005.
Last orders please
Aged debts
Mobile but not too mobile
Income tax on pre-owned assets
Corporate manslaughter explained
A new right to work part time?
Funding for directors…
…and funding by directors

The Orchard Spring 2005.
Meade King News
Professional Negligence: expert advice for claimants
Adjudication & Consumers
Employment Round-Up
FMB Bath
Copyright ownership
Living Wills
Rent Reviews in Commercial Leases
Councils must observe own prosecution policy

The Orchard Christmas 2004.
Who is an employee? Why does it matter?
Directors: dealing with company assets
Business property relief - IHT savings
Business Leases: the only way is up?
Horrible hygiene? Stiffer sentences
Payment of Charity Trustees
Meade King News
Chambers Recommendation

The Orchard Autumn 2004.
Disability Discrimination - the next phase
Cold Calls : Protection for Businesses
Eggs and baskets? The global claim
Residential lettings - Landlords obligations
Stop Press - Ruling on dividends
Meade King news
When is a bankrupt's home not a bankrupt's home?
Saving tax for the next generation - Will Trusts for married couples

The Orchard Summer 2004.
In this issue:
Meade King News
Hefty fines for waste offences
Debt recovery services
Family businesses – whose income is it?
Regulatory round-up
Caveat emptor
Mediation: the latest
Taxing time for trusts – the modern approach

The Orchard Spring 2004.
In this issue:
Meade King News
Unlock the Value of Your Home
Mobile Phones: the new offences
New Rules for Business Tenancies
Employment update
Adjudication decision clarifies payment certificates but raises spectre of professional negligence
The new individual insolvency regime: encouraging enterprise or debtor’s charter?
Circumventing private company share transfer restrictions

The Orchard Christmas 2003.
In this issue:
Office Parties - Employers Beware
Employment update
A new deal for unsecured creditors in insolvency?
Under-age Sales - Owners at Risk
Meade King News
The use of offshore trusts
Long leases; more tax

The Orchard Autumn 2003.
In this issue:
Is your land at risk from squatters?
Employment update
Lifetime Gifts and Undue Influence
Electronic company formations
Meade King NEWS
Insolvency practitioners at risk
Adjudication: insurers not liable

The Orchard Summer 2003.
In this issue:
Dirty money: professionals beware
Last Orders
Agents: a hidden danger
Employment Update
Stop Press
Keeping it in the family Inheritance tax planning can really work
Going (?), Going (?), Gone

The Orchard Spring 2003.
In this issue:
Editorial
Controlling a killer
Internet Libel
Professional Negligence - IPs (and others!) beware
Spring clean your health and safety policy
Testamentary guardians
New TUPE regulations
Statutory Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures Delayed
Plant hire finds its roots in Adjudication Jungle

The Orchard Christmas 2002.
In this issue:
Editorial
Mediation, mediation, mediation
Flexible Working - the right to apply
Change to National Minimum Wage
Adjudication: the latest
Business Tenancies: an overhaul
Profit without honour: accounting for non-disclosure
Care fees - is the family home at risk?
Construction Team special report - Adjudication: the latest
Meade King news

The Orchard Autumn 2002.
In this issue:
Editorial Directors and fiduciary duties
Upper qualifying age for unfair dismissal may be illegal
Holiday entitlement
Land Registration Act 2002
Rebalancing the scales?
Penalising late payers
Tree Root Invasion
Meade King news

The Orchard Summer 2002.
In this issue:
Editorial
Data Protection Act: A New Code of Practice
New Employment Bill
The Landlord and the defaulting Tenant: the law of distress
Holiday pay for long term sick
Thinking Adjudication? Don't Forget the Arbitrators
Have you made your will?
Food for Thought
Meade King news

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The Orchard Christmas 2001.
In this issue:
On the move
Surveyor liable for noise?
Tax man wins on reverse premiums
Employment - Holiday pay
Employment - Employment bill
Employment - Age discrimination
Wives, husbands and banks
Pensions and Bankruptcy - No change after all

The Orchard Autumn 2001.
In this Issue:
Mental Incapacity Issues - Receivers v Enduring Powers of Attorney
How a Victorian 'Flu Remedy May Save you Catching a Cold
Lease renewals
Are Collateral Agreements Effective
Employment Law - Holiday Pay
Employment Law - Tax on termination payments
Employment Law - Discrimination
Prison for Fraudulent Trading

The Orchard Summer 2001.
In this issue:
A nightmare for the Banks
Human Rights 1. Employment
Human Rights 2. Construction
Human Rights 3. Landlords
Family Affairs
Guardianship
Promotions
Milkshake Mishap
New Tribunal Regulations
Rat Run

The Orchard Spring 2001.
In this issue:
The Errant Director
New Employment Figures
A Plate Full of Protocols
Are the English a nation?
Employment Law 1: Young People
Employment Law 2: What is gross misconduct?
Employment Law 3: TUPE Pitfalls
Wider Powers for Charity Trustees
Powers of Attorney
Sticking to the Point
Competition Results

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The Orchard Christmas 2000.
In this issue:
Meade King and Bankruptcy.
Disciplinary hearings - Employment Rights Act 1999.
Bad weather and redundancy.
NHS and Long-term Care Reforms.
Company Directors Part 2.
CCTV and Human Rights.
What is "Reasonable"?.
Companies House Website.

The Orchard Autumn 2000.
In this issue:
The Company Director.
Employment Law.
Human Rights Act 1998.
Short Skirts.
References.
Passive Smoking.
Advocates liability.

The Orchard Summer 2000.
In this issue:
Negligence.
New Rights for Part-timers.
Human Rights Act 1998.
Insolvency Law Reforms.
Pensions and Bankruptcy.

The Orchard Spring 2000.
In this issue:
Bankruptcy - The Double Whammy.
The Housing Grants Construction and
Regeneration Act 1996.
Third Party Rights.
The Employment Relations Act 1999.
Health and Safety.

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