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- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Weald of Kent Ploughing Match
Visit our stand at the annual Weald of Kent Ploughing Match, which takes place on Saturday 15 September 2018 at Four Oaks Farm, Plumtree Road, Headcorn TN27 9PB. Gates open 9am to 7pm with free car parking. Entry costs £5 adults and under 16s go free. In addition to the vintage, ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
National Planning Policy Framework
We welcome the Government’s publishing of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Here, we highlight the key points. Being the first revision since 2012, it has brought key reforms that will no doubt affect those with land and development plans in rural locations. The ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Court ruling gives employers access to more information
A recent court ruling by the Supreme Court means Police Forces can now reveal whether individuals have been acquitted of criminal charges when issuing information for enhanced record checks. This decision establishes new guidelines for an individual’s right to privacy when applying for a ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Shared Parental Leave; why is it not happening?
The statistics for take up of the not so new, shared parental leave rights have not improved much. Just 9,200 new parents took advantage of it in 2017/2018 only 500 more than the previous year. There are a number of suggestions as to why this may be, but the most convincing to those in this ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
KEIBA win for RBLI
Blair Gulland (right) joined Graeme Hannington, (left) Head of Estates Development at RBLI to collect the KEIBA Award for Construction Project of the Year in June at the Kent Events Centre. The Veteran’s Apartments project was created to support ex-servicemen and women who are not a ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Daredevil solicitor skydives for local charity
Daredevil solicitor Marianne Webb made a leap of faith when she jumped out of an aeroplane to raise money for Switch Youth Café in Maidstone. Jumping from a height of 12,000ft, Marianne decided to take on the personal challenge, but is unlikely to be repeating her jump. Marianne ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Collaborative approach to divorce
Traditionally when a relationship ended the options were limited. Solicitors letters were exchanged and if that failed, court proceedings, with the accompanying expense followed. Now we have other options, all couples must consider mediation before proceeding to court, where they sit with a ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Mote Cricket Club
Users of Mote Cricket Club will notice some new Gulland’s’ signage on the building, but the firm has a very long association with the club dating back to the 1950s. The late John Gulland was secretary to the club for a number of years and the firm remains solicitors to the club. The ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Summer 2018 cricket roundup
Unsurprisingly in this glorious summer, all three of Gullands’ games at the Mote were played in hot and sunny weather. Our results against our friends from Lambert and Foster, Savills, and Crowe were equally consistent. Our first game was against Lambert and Foster and this proved to be a ...
- Tuesday 25th September 2018
Village landmark inspires generations of artists
Anyone driving though the beautiful village of Sutton Valence can’t fail to notice the old chapel building, which houses the art rooms for Sutton Valence School. Now called the Gulland Hall, its future looked bleak until it was bought by Old Suttonian Blair Gulland and his wife Tikki in ...