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SHARING A HOLIDAY HOME? BEWARE THE DEADLOCK DANGER!

Are you thinking of buying a holiday home jointly with another family or families? Joint ownership has its appeal, but no matter how good relations between you all may be at the start, bear in mind the potential for dispute down the line.

FIXED TERM CONTRACTS - A NEW TWIST YOU NEED TO KNOW!

The unfair dismissal claim Employees: Are you employed on a fixed contract basis? If so, what are your rights when your contract expires? In a nutshell, you will have a case against your employer for unfair dismissal if:- 1. You have a reasonable expectation that the fixed term contract will be renewed on the same or similar terms; and 2. Your employer fails, without a fair reason, to renew your contract on the same or better terms, or fails to renew it at all. Employers: Tread carefully here, and take advice in doubt! Routine renewal of a fixed term contract without explanation and without justification will virtually guarantee an unfair dismissal claim in the end.

THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF BUSINESS RESCUE - WHICH COMPANIES QUALIFY?

What do you do if your company is in "financial distress"? Help is at hand - the new business rescue procedure is aimed at helping such companies to return to commercial viability, or - where full or partial rescue is impossible - to at least secure a better return for creditors and other stakeholders than would result from a liquidation. For this purpose the company is given temporary protection from creditors whilst a business rescue practitioner takes over control from the directors and - where feasible - formulates a business rescue plan.

RETURN OF EARNINGS - DEADLINE EXTENDED

Employers: the Department of Labour has extended the 31 March deadline for Return of Earnings returns to 31 May 2012, so don t worry if your W.As.8 forms haven t arrived yet.

TAX FRAUD: COURTS CRACK DOWN (AGAIN)

"There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government" (Benjamin Franklin)

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