News
- Wednesday 25th September 2019
Digital signatures on contracts
It is increasingly more common for businesses to enter into an agreement and exchange contracts via emails and we are often seeing the use of electronic and digital signatures as part of this trend. What then are the risks associated with this? It is still preferable for both parties to meet and ...
- Monday 23rd September 2019
Charity Golf Day
A team from Gullands recently took part in a charity Golf Day organised by Lighthouse Safety which raised over £5000 for their chosen local charities: Rainham Sea Scouts which provides a purpose and place to go for young people in Rainham Lighthouse Club Construction ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Welcome to InBrief Autumn 2019
At this time of the year we focus our attention on some of the many issues affecting our rural and farming clients and there is always much to think about. The Weald of Kent Ploughing Match on 14th September will provide a great opportunity for us to catch up with our friends and clients and chat ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Kent County Show 2019
Gullands was delighted to be one of the sponsors of this year’s Kent County Show, the 90th event which saw 78,000 visitors over three days. Blair Gulland presented the prizes to the winners of the Garden Life competitions. The 2020 Kent Show takes place on the 10th, 11th and 12th ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Tribunal ruling on overtime
Retail staff who work extra hours to open and close the shop they work in might be entitled to extra pay for the time they spend doing those duties following a ruling in a recent case involving the Health Food retailer Holland & Barrett. A tribunal ruled that Holland & Barrett had made ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Dairy Farm Court of Appeal Ruling
A recent Court of Appeal ruling in Habberfield v Habberfield (2019) has upheld the High Court’s decision to award £1.2 million to a daughter’s claim for proprietary estoppel, following her detrimental reliance on her parents’ assurances that she would one day inherit the ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Rural Crime detection and prevention
Figures published this summer by NFU Mutual show rural crime has hit a seven-year high in the UK and is costing around £50m each year. As well as thefts of farm machinery and equipment there are also many thefts of crops and livestock. The true cost of rural crime across the UK would ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Waste scams and fly tipping
Kent Police is warning land and property owners to be aware of baled waste which is leaving some with very large clean up bills. Waste such as plastic, builder’s rubble, commercial and household waste which can’t be recycled is being compressed into a bale and concealed with ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Fly grazing and abandonment - advice for landowners
Fly grazing and horse abandonment is a recurrent issue for many landowners and should you find a horse (or donkey, mule or hinny) on your land and you cannot trace it to an owner then you are legally responsible for ensuring the welfare of it. Horse abandonment is where the animal is ...
- Friday 13th September 2019
Can Collaborative law work for you?
The breakdown of a relationship need not be acrimonious and using the Collaborative process enables the couple to finalise the details of their split via face to face discussions in a series of four-way meetings. These meetings are attended by the separating couple, each supported by their own ...