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Cornish businesses offered free clinics on employment law

Businesses in Cornwall struggling to get to grips with a number of important changes to employment law are being offered free one-to-one advice clinics by Stephens Scown LLP. The legal firm, which has offices inTruro and St Austell, is providing …

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Re-use of a company name after liquidation

Unless strict rules are followed to the letter a director of a company which has gone into insolvent liquidation cannot be involved in the promotion, formation or management of any business (incorporated or unincorporated) if that business uses any name …

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Renewable Energy Solicitors Update on Solar PV

From 6th April 2012 certain types of Solar PV installations on non-domestic buildings will not require planning permission due to amendments made to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. This will provide additional opportunities for the …

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Will 2012 bring the ‘perfect storm’ for the aggregates sector?

The state of the aggregates industry in Britain is reflected in much of Europe. Robert Camp discusses some of the issues that will be facing the sector this year…. The Mineral Products Association (MPA) – the British trade organisation for …

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Westcountry businesses and landowners affected by interest rate swap sales

Large numbers of businesses, farmers and landowners in the Westcountry may have been affected by the sale of controversial interest rate swaps, according to one regional legal firm. Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell, …

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Tenancy Deposit Scheme Changes

Tenancy Deposit Schemes (TDS) were created by the Housing Act 2004 (HA 2004).  The intention behind their creation was firstly to prevent Landlords from retaining Tenants’ deposits at the end of an assured shorthold tenancy (AST) and secondly to ensure …

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Stephens Scown LLP shortlisted for top recruitment award

Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP has been shortlisted for an award highlighting the quality of its legal training and recruitment. The firm, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell, has been nominated in the category …

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Electronic Signatures

We have been signing agreements for years – why bother with electronic signatures? Many transactions are now carried out electronically. A trader will want to know who is he is doing business with. How is it possible to ‘sign’ electronically? …

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Research Questions, Quality of Some Expert Witness Reports in Family Courts

The quality of Psychological Experts and their reports used for family proceedings shows some inconsistencies according to Research carried out by the University of Central Lancashire. The study considered over 120 Expert’s Psychological Reports used for proceedings between 2009 and …

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New Family Arbitration Service

In family law, there are a wide range of disputes from financial issues in divorce proceedings to contact problems.  There have historically been three ways to resolve these matters. They are as follows:- Negotiation – this is where the parties …

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