Gullands view on Corporate Manslaughter

Corporate manslaughter is an important issue and it is important to make sure that all factors are addressed.  Gullands in Maidstone have a clear checklist that outlines factors which can affect your business.

Your business may be effected by corporate manslaughter if,

• The way your business is managed or organised causes or is a factor of a person’s death
• The persons death is due to a breach of duty

The duty of care covered is,

• Health and safety

• A duty owned by a business to employees or a duty owned linked to, the supply of goods, constructions or maintenance or carrying out activity in a commercial basis.

The penalties include,

• Financial penalties
• Remedial orders
•  Reputational damage
• Insurance

So if you have any worries regarding this issue contact Gullands Maidstone, as they will be able to explain further and help you with these matters.

Gullands attend opening of Sikh temple

Recently Gullands were invited to attend the opening of the £14 million Gurdwara Sikh temple in May at Gravesend.

The place of worship is one of the largest in the UK, and has been worked on since 2002.  This is a great opportunity for Gullands to be involved with the Asian community.

Gullands were extremely honoured to be invited and it created a great chance to create partnerships with the Asian community.  Since the event, Gullands have hosted a Diwali celebration dinner in order to continue to develop their links with the Gravesend’s Sikh business people.

Gullands Asian Business team speak Gujarati, Hindi and Punjabi which enables them to help and provide legal advice on a range of services.  

Landlords must give deposit protection information

There are a lot of tenants on a shorthold tenancy, so it is important for landlords to follow obligations to protect their deposit and supply information.  Gullands solicitors can assist landlords with this.

There are two kinds of tenancy deposit schemes which Gullands solicitors practice; one is where the landlord sends the deposit to a deposit scheme administrator, which must be within fourteen days of receipt.  The other option is where the landlord keeps the deposit but has to pay an insurance fee to the scheme administrator.    

Gullands solicitors can make sure that the landlord provides all information to the tenant and adheres to the scheme.  If not the landlord must pay the tenant three times the amount of the deposit as a penalty. 

Gullands solicitors help many landlords in the Maidstone area with keeping within the compliance.