Thursday, 23 February 2012

April 2012 employment law changes

On our main website news page, our employment law department have published a reminder about April's employment law changes and employment tribunal reforms.

The link to the post is http://blog.brmlaw.co.uk/2012/02/employment-law-and-tribunal-reforms-a-reminder-to-employers/

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Paul Berresford on making a will

BRM's contentious probate solicitor, Paul Berresford has published the first of two articles on the importance of planning for the future.

In this article he discusses the importance of making a Will. The second article which will follow next week will talk about Lasting Powers of Attorney.

The article can be found on our news page

Monday, 16 January 2012

Conveyancing news - SDLT Relief To End in March

The government's stamp duty relief for first time property buyers is set to end in March 2012.

For more information, please see BRM Solicitors' news page or contact our conveyancing team.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Feb 2012 increases in redundancy pay and compensation

From the 1st February 2012 there are to be new maximum limits applicable to some compensation awards made in Employment Tribunals and other areas of employment law. Further details can be found on our main site's news page.

Friday, 28 October 2011

On 24 October 2011 Paul Berresford took over as contentious probate partner

On the 24th October 2011, BRM Solicitors' Paul Berresford took over as the partner dealing with contentious probate.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Congratulations Cliff!

As solicitors who often help creators of original work protect their creations, we were very pleased to see Cliff Richard and other artists from the golden age of pop music win their fight for extending the protection of sound recording.

For many years, copyright law specified the length of time sound recordings should be protected was 50 years. This means still active musicians who recorded albums in the 1950s and 1960s would soon lose control of their works, leaving others to reproduce their music and the original artist losing rights to receive royalties.

Following a strongly fought campaign by Cliff and other artists, on the 12th September, the EU Council ruled to extend the copyright period for sound recordings from 50 years to 70 years which is excellent news for musicians who wish to protect their work.

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Commercial debts - 77% of FSB members had invoices paid late & 56% wrote off invoices up to £9,999 in last year

BBC News recently reported 77% of FSB members had invoices paid late & 56% wrote off invoices up to £9,999 in last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13995077

BRM's debt collection department can recover payments like these from just £5 + VAT.