News archive: July 2023

• Avoiding problems with easements on commercial land
  Posted on July 28, 2023
  If a neighbouring landowner uses part of your land for something, such as access or drainage, it is likely that they will have a formal right known as an easement. This could restrict your ability to redevelop or extend existing buildings on your land.
  
  Easements are fertile ground for disputes, because it is not always clear how far they extend, exactly what they may be used for and what counts as an interference with them. To avoid problems, make sure you get expert legal advice before allowing any new rights over your land or doing anything which might affect a neighbour’s existing rights.
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• Preparing your business for sale to an MBO team
  Posted on July 28, 2023
  If you are planning to sell your business, one option might be a management buyout (MBO) if you think the current management team could be interested in buying you out.
  
  Planning well ahead will help to ensure that the MBO team is right for the deal, that your business is presented in the best possible shape so that the buyers and their funders can see value and future potential in the proposed acquisition – and that you will receive your just rewards.
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• Tempted by the four-day working week trial for your business?
  Posted on July 12, 2023
  One story which received a great deal of media coverage earlier this year was the publication of the results of a six-month trial involving around 2,900 workers who had moved to a four-day working week. The organisers of the UK trial heralded it as a success, and maybe you have been wondering if this could work for your business?
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• Options for enforcing a judgment for payment
  Posted on July 10, 2023
  Obtaining a court judgment for payment from a debtor can be a huge relief, particularly if your claim was contested. However, enforcing that judgment and actually obtaining payment can be problematic in itself if the debtor is not cooperative.
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• Avoiding common problems with beneficiaries
  Posted on July 10, 2023
  Whether the beneficiary of an estate is entitled to inherit a small personal item, a share or even the majority of the assets of the person who died, it can be a stressful time for them while they wait for probate to come through. Delays at the probate office are outside your control, but if you are an executor there are steps that you can take to avoid some common problems which can arise when dealing with beneficiaries.
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• Claiming compensation after an accident on a pavement
  Posted on July 6, 2023
  Cuts in public budgets and an inability for planned work to be carried out during the pandemic, has meant that pavements and footpaths are often in a sad state of repair. Accidents can happen, with injuries arising from an embarrassing but painful slip, trip or fall. There is also the risk of being hit by a vehicle which mounts the pavement or being knocked down by an errant e-scooter or cyclist.
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