Archived News

Harris Cartier Polo Team
The Harris Cartier polo team take the field for its first game at West Wycombe Polo Club on 28th June, in a 0-4 goal tournament The team consists of ... [more]

HC announces affiliation with Irish firm Morgan McManus
Harris Cartier LLP is delighted to announce their affiliation with Morgan McManus Solicitors who have offices in both the Republic of Ireland and ... [more]

Banks deaf to small business needs?
A decision by the Competition Commission to lift price controls on the four largest banks serving small and medium-sized businesses is "wholly ... [more]

New pensions regime on the way
Future generations of workers cannot be left struggling to pay for an ageing population. This was the key message from Government, ahead of the ... [more]

The dangers of employing illegal workers
Under new rules that came into effect in February 2008, the employers of illegal workers face large fines. Even unwittingly breaking the rules can ... [more]

Family court decisions to be publicised online?
In a pilot scheme to be run in three yet to be named cities, hundreds of court decisions on children and families are to be published on a central ... [more]

New corporate manslaughter legislation
A new law that comes into force on 6 April addresses a key loophole in UK corporate manslaughter legislation (called 'corporate culpable homicide' in ... [more]

Whose music is it anyway?
It may surprise many to learn that the UK is one of the few countries where it is still illegal for a person to copy a CD they own for personal use ... [more]

Need help with employment regulations?
The burden of employment law on small businesses is now so great that nearly a third (32%) of businesses with no employees have chosen not to employ ... [more]

Changes to tax-free savings
Changes to tax-free ISA accounts are on the way on 6 April this year, following announcements made in last year's Budget speech by then Chancellor, ... [more]

When stress leads to dismissal
In a recent case, the Court of Appeal ruled that even when an employer's conduct leads to an employee's inability to perform their job through ... [more]

Intellectual Property –Are You Getting it Right?
In a world where almost every business is increasingly dependent on non-physical intellectually created assets, the importance of the intangible ... [more]

Further HIPs Update
HIPs are here! As of 1 August, 2007 every home put on the market with four or more bedrooms needs a Home Information Pack ('HIP'). The HIP includes ... [more]

HIPs Update
On 22 May 2007, the Government announced that Home Information Packs (HIPs) which were due to be introduced on 1 June 2007 are to be delayed until 1 ... [more]

Home Information Packs on Trial
A trial of Home Information Packs began in six areas in November 2006, with a view to ironing out any problems before the full introduction, ... [more]

UK laws on temporary workers are "far from satisfactory"
The employment rights of temporary workers have, in recent months, again come under scrutiny with calls that legislation be enacted to protect such ... [more]

National Minimum Wage
From 1 October 2006 the rates of the National Minimum Wage ("NMW") are: £5.35 Adults £4.45 Young Workers (18 to 21 and some ... [more]

Family Friendly Legislation
Changes coming into effect from 1 April 2007 Statutory Maternity and Adoption Pay and Leave; Statutory Paternity Leave Several changes were ... [more]

NHS "Not Learning From Errors"
By Chris Gooderidge, Senior Litigation Partner Harris Cartier LLP, Solicitors A report by the Committee of Public Accounts, the Parliamentary ... [more]

New Rules for Trusts
The major change for tax-planners arising out of the Chancellor's 2006 Finance Act was to make transfers of assets into most types of trust ... [more]

Age Discrimination
In October 2006 the long-awaited Age Discrimination Regulations come into force. Many of you will be aware of these Regulations but who will be ... [more]

New Solicitor Joins Harris Cartier
We are very pleased to welcome Faye Gauguier to our property team. Faye joined Harris Cartier on 27th February after training and qualifying in a ... [more]

Employees’ Rights – Transferring a Business
If you have ever been involved with sales of a business you might know that employees’ rights are protected under regulations known as TUPE. The ... [more]

Stock Market FTSE 100 Index Reaches 6000
The Stock Market FTSE 100 index has gone over 6000 this morning for the first time since year 2000. It is not suggested that it will never go down ... [more]

Age Discrimination – Draft Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006
Do you ever advertise jobs with an age range – e.g. 20 – 30 or fail to hire someone you interview because they are too old or too young? If so you ... [more]

Unfair Business Practices Consultation
The Government has issued a consultation on implementation of the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. Many advertising and other commercial ... [more]

New Starters
In November 2005, we welcomed Elaine Gates to the Partnership. Elaine manages the Residential Conveyancing side of the Firm’s Property Department. ... [more]

Honnor -v- Lewis Case Report
Honnor (a minor by his mother and Litigation Friend, Elizabeth Honnor) v Anthony Lewis Liability: Child run over by motorist whilst walking to ... [more]

The Key Proposals and Conclusions of the Turner Pensions Commission At-a-Glance
State pension reform The state pension age for men and women should rise to 66 by 2030, to 67 by 2040 and to 68 by 2050 Increases in the state ... [more]

Harris Cartier Sponsor Major Charitable Event For Back-Up
On 29th October 2005 a number of the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Team at Harris Cartier were delighted to ... [more]

Headway Thames Valley Charity Auction & Ball
Harris Cartier Solicitors are proud to be the sponsors of the Headway Thames Valley Christmas Charity Auction and Ball 2005, which will be held this ... [more]

An armchair ride? I don’t think so!
A report by Jake Cassidy The week I spent 'buddying' with Back-Up was one of the most demanding and yet rewarding experiences of my life. The ... [more]

Legal 500 Launch
400 Senior Lawyers, Barristers and Marketing Professionals met together at the annual launch of the 2005 Legal 500 publication, to hear how their ... [more]

John Bayford Retires
We are proud to congratulate John Bayford who retired from Harris Cartier in October. A retirement party was held at our offices in honour of his ... [more]

Harris Cartier in the Legal 500
We are proud to announce that Harris Cartier LLP is a recognised Law Firm in the 2006 edition of The Legal 500. Under Clinical Negligence: ... [more]

Costs in Civil Litigation
Legal costs in civil litigation has become a highly contentious area over the past few years. The starting point for the client is that they have ... [more]

Harris Cartier in London
The continuing growth of the London Office has necessitated our move to new premises at Queen’s House, 55-56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields over the weekend of ... [more]

London Marathon 2005
Kent Pattinson ran the 2005 London Marathon to raise funds for Back-Up.[more]

Senior Litigation Partner is awarded ‘Best in their Field’ accreditation by leading Legal Publication
Chris Gooderidge, Senior Litigation Partner at harris cartwright has for another year running been recommended as a leader in his field by The ... [more]

Commonhold
The biggest change in property ownership, for half a century, is upon us. By the end of the year ‘Commonhold’ will be introduced and, with it, a ... [more]

THE ENTERPRISE ACT 2002 – Personal Insolvency
The Enterprise Act 2002 takes a fresh look in Insolvency provisions for individuals. A principle aim of the Act is to help promote reduce the ... [more]

Our first Female Partner!
We are delighted to announce the admission of Karen McCarthy to the Partnership. Karen joined the Firm in 1995 after studying at Reading ... [more]

Centralising is the key to improving service delivery
We have taken the decision to relocate our Langley office, which handles conveyancing, and integrated it within an enlarged conveyancing department ... [more]

O2 picks harris cartwright for Employee Legal Services
The mobile communications company O2 has selected harris cartwright to work along-side their in-house legal team to deliver a wide range of private ... [more]

Court of Appeal awards compensation of £10,000 for "injury to feeling" in unfair dismissal case
The Court of Appeal recently ruled in the case of Dunnachie v Kingston Upon Hull City Council that the wording of S.123 of the Employment Rights Act ... [more]

Large building group forms partnership with harris cartwright
We are pleased to announce a new Partnership between harris cartwright and Bloor Homes. The Bloor Group began building houses over 35 years ago ... [more]

harris cartwright meets the ISO9001 standard
The ISO standard is internationally recognised and defines the elements required to achieve and demonstrate the necessary skills to quality manage ... [more]

Changes in Employment Legislation
Employment legislation is constantly developing and later this year we see the implementation of a series of new regulations. With ever more ... [more]

Stamp Duty Land Tax
December 2003 saw the introduction of a brand new Tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”), which replaces Stamp Duty previously charged on the majority of ... [more]

Staff Update
We congratulate Tammy on her graduation into solicitorship. Tammy joined harris cartwright in 2001 having beaten a number of choice ... [more]

IOD Sponsorship
harris cartwright are pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring four key events run by the Institute of Directors (IOD). The forthcoming ... [more]