Check your website details or risk a fine
A Nottingham law firm is warning companies they risk being fined unless they ensure that their websites and emails contain specific information now required under new regulations.
Andrew Kelly, of Anderson Solicitors, says the regulations are to comply with a European directive and came into force on January 1 this year.
“The information that firms have always had to put on hard copy documents is now required on electronic communications as well.”
“A company has to state its name, its place of registration and registration number, and the address of its registered office on its websites, business emails and electronic order forms.”
The regulations were introduced to incorporate the European First Company Law Amendment Directive, into UK law.
Andrew Kelly is Managing Partner at Andersons Solicitors Nottingham and can be contacted either by emailing akelly@andersonssolicitors.co.uk or telephoning 0115 988 6712.
Time is running out for landlords to protect themselves
Hundreds of landlords risk having to pay out large sums of money to their tenants unless they take action to comply with new regulations coming into effect in April.
The new tenancy deposit scheme means that landlords will no longer retain control of the deposits paid by new tenants.
Emma Dancer, commercial property specialist at Andersons Solicitors in Nottingham, says the regulations are designed to stop rogue landlords holding on to deposits unfairly at the end of a tenancy.
“Unfortunately, it affects everyone so even the most scrupulously fair landlords will have to join a government approved scheme to make sure the money is properly protected. The regulations apply to all assured shorthold tenancies taken out after April 6th.
“Landlords will have only 14 days to tell a new tenant which scheme is being used. Failure to do so could result in a court ordering the landlord to pay the tenant an amount equal to three times the deposit.”
Dancer says most landlords have already chosen a scheme but hundreds more haven’t. “The implications could be very serious because each tenancy is treated individually so every deposit that isn’t properly protected could result in a fine. For landlords with several properties that could prove very costly.”
Emma Dancer is a residential and commercial property expert at Andersons Solicitors. She can be contacted by emailing edancer@andersonssolicitors.co.uk or calling 0115 988 6722
Executive Advocate joins Andersons
Legal Executive Advocate Faizal Essat has joined Andersons Solicitors in Nottingham. He was formerly Head of Legal and Special Projects at Imperial International Ltd.
Faizal, who’s 40, has 15 years experience handling high value personal injury claims and is also an expert in intellectual property. He was brought up in Leicester where he has acted as legal consultant to various mosques and Muslim organisations. He won the inaugural ILEX Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award in 2005.
Andrew Scott, Dispute Resolution Partner at Andersons, said: “We are delighted that Faizal has agreed to join us because he is a highly skilled lawyer with huge experience acting for both claimants and defendants on a variety of issues from race discrimination claims to commercial disputes. He will strengthen our team enormously and also help raise our profile in the Muslim community.”
