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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE FOS This book is about the Financial Ombudsman Service (or ‘FOS’). The FOS is probably the main form of alternative dispute resolution for customers of those who are subject to financial regulation. In this way it provides an important way of resolving a wide variety [...] -
CHAPTER THREE STATUTORY LEASE EXTENSIONS As mentioned previously, the piece of legislation that allows for this to happen is the Leasehold Reform Housing & Urban Development Act 1993 (as amended by subsequent Acts). Under the act then a leaseholder has an automatic right to require that their freeholder offer them [...] -
CHAPTER ONE THE BASICS OF A CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS OF EXISTING USE AND DEVELOPMENT Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 envisages three circumstances where a certificate may be issued. Two relate to unauthorized development and the third relates to development in breach of a condition. Subsection [...] -
CHAPTER ONE WHO IS THE EMPLOYER? Introduction A key question for any employment practitioner; you could even say crucial – for how else do we know who to sue? But in the Education sector this is not always an easy question to answer. In this chapter we will examine both [...] -
At its simplest Certificates of Lawfulness concern two sections of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Such a simplistic approach would, however, do the topic a disservice as there are a number of other sections that are engaged including the definition of development as well as the obvious link [...]