News

November 26, 2018

Collective agreement for Slovenia’s trade sector extended

Having adopted a new KPDTS in July 2018, the Ministry for Labor, Family, Social Matters and Equal Opportunities issued a decision on 9 October 2018, declaring that, for certain business activities, the term of the KPDTS had been extended.
November 22, 2018

CHIEF EXECUTIVE DEFRAUDS CHARITY OF MORE THAN £700,000

The former chief executive of charity Age Concern South Tyneside has been found guilty of defrauding the organisation out of more than £700,000.
October 17, 2018

Data protection during an asset deal

Since the assets are being transferred, so are usually the customers datasets which are administrated in databases. The new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) clarifies how customer data has to be handled during an asset deal. This problem doesn’t arise during a share deal since the databases stay in the same company.
October 12, 2018

RIGHTS TO MINES AND MINERALS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONVEYANCERS AND LANDOWNERS

Introduction For the purposes of property law, the term mines and minerals is defined in Section 132(1) of the Land Registration Act (“LRA”) 2002 and includes any strata or seam of minerals or substances in or under any land, and powers of working and getting any such minerals or substances. Therefore, in simple terms mineral rights are the rights to exploit, mine or produce minerals or other extractive resources below the surface of property. The person who owns those rights can sell or lease them separately from the property on the surface of the land.