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Legal Article - Business Law
Administration Requirements in the Motor Retail Industry
Advice on Changing the Trading Name of an MOT Centre
Sunday Trading
Limited Companies
From Consumer to Commercial
Secondary Business
Sole Trading and Partnerships
Car Sales and Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Declaring Registered Keepers
Vehicle Classification: What Customers Need to Know
Vehicle Identification Badges: Areas of Caution
Vehicle Condition and the Declarations you Must Make
Misleading prices
Pricing Alterations
The Selling Price of Cars
The Need for Mileage Accuracy
New Vehicle Specifications
Vehicle Advertising Rules and Regulations
When the Car Salesperson Gets It Wrong
Car Servicing and Repairs and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Car Service Schedules
Getting the Wording Right in your Paperwork
Overview of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Liens - Abandoned Vehicles
Civil Law in the Motor Retail Industry: An Overview
Gentlemens Agreement - Is a Handshake Good Enough?
Are Contracts with Minors Enforceable?
Car Service: Terms and Conditions
Car Sales: What Makes a Contract Legally Binding?
Car Service: What Makes a Contract Legally Binding?
What is Consideration of a Contract?
The Pre-Contract Negotiations Process
Misrepresentation of Goods and the Motor Industry
Car Sales: Terms and Conditions
What is Communication of Acceptance in Contract Law?
County Court Claims and County Court Judgements (CCJ’s)
Defending a Claim in the Small Claims Court
Fast Track cases in County Court
What to do if the Bailiffs come
Issuing a Claim in the County Court
Removing County Court Judgements
Enforcing County Court Judgements
Distance Selling Regulations and Your Customers Right to Reject a Vehicle
Implied Terms in a Contract
Satisfactory Quality: What Does it Mean?
Can you Sell a Car ‘Sold as Seen’?
Is the Seller Liable if the Car is on Finance?
Does the Car Correspond with its Description?
What is the Meaning of Fitness for Purpose?
Are there any Restrictions regarding the Right to Sell?
What Happens if the Seller falls foul of the Implied Terms?
Can a Seller take away a Customer’s Rights on Satisfactory Quality etc?
Negligence, Defamation and Trespass: A Customer's Right to Compensation
Tort of Conversion - Outstanding Finance on a Vehicle
Tort of Negligence: Basic Principles of Duty of Care
Tort of Trespass: Accidental Damage to Customer Property
Defamation on the Internet - Customer Reviews, Blogs and Forums
Tort of defamation: How does this Apply to Motor Dealers
Product Liability Safety Laws in the Motor Retail Industry
Regulations on Unsafe Vehicles and a Motor Traders Liability
Selling a Written Off Car
Selling and Repairing Unroadworthy Vehicles
Taking Precautions and Exercising Due Diligence
What is the Sale or Return Agreement?
The Relevance of Employee Training
Quality Systems Procedures for Staff
Verhicle Purchase Display and Sale
Company Documentation and the Legal Requirements
The Importance of using Mileage Disclaimers
The Importance of Employing Suitable People
The Use of the Consumer Credit Act in the Motor Retail Industry
Consumer Credit Licence Requirements
Credit Advertisements
Financial Documentation
Extortionate Credit
Motor Retail Advertising
Hire Advertisements
Trading Standards and the Motor Trade
Office of Fair Trading: Who Are They?
The Powers of a Trading Standards Officer
What Should I do if the Trading Standards Officer Calls?
Trading Standards: What Do they Do?
When does Title pass from Seller to Buyer?
Cheque Fraud Prevention – Using the Romalpa Clause
Selling the Same Car Twice
Tort of Conversion - How much can the Finance Company Claim?
The Vehicle is Subject to Finance but not on a Register
Special Rights to Customers buying Cars subject to Hire Purchase
Legal Article - Employment Law
Communication between Employer and Employee
Making and Dealing with Complaints and Whistle Blowing
How to Conduct a Grievance Hearing
Communication Monitoring and Evaluation
The Human Rights Act 1998
Employer Monitoring of Workplace Communication Tools
Grievance Procedures
Whistle-blowing in the Workplace
The Data Protection Act 1998
Data Protection: Principles of Good Practice
Discrimination at Work
The Equality Act and the Equality of Human Rights Commission
Pressure to Discriminate
Part-time Employees
Promotion, Transfer and Training
Terms of Employment, Benefits, Facilities and Services
Dismissals, Redundancies and Other Unfavourable Treatment of Employees
Encouraging Positive Action
Equal Opportunity Policy
Role of Management
Sex and Race Discrimination
Health and Safety Regulations in the Workplace
Grievances, Disciplinary Procedures and Victimisation
Employers Responsibilities to Pregnant Employees
Maternity Leave Entitlement
Beginning Maternity Leave
Returning to Work after Maternity Leave
Preventing the Return to Work
Paternity Leave Entitlement
Good Practice for Employers: Pregnant Employees
The Fallback Model Scheme
Employment Contracts, Working Conditions and the Payment of Employees
Payment
Exemptions
The Employment Rights Act within Retail Employment
Pay Reference Period
Types of Work
Other Statutory Requirements
Payment of Employees and the Contract of Employment
Keeping Records
Statutory Pay Requirements
Equal Pay Considerations
Maternity Records
Employment Law: Redundancy Rights
Definitions
Reason for Dismissal of An Employee
Redundancy and Suitable Alternative Employment
Voluntary Redundancy and Early Retirement
Unfair Redundancy Dismissal
Redundancy payments
Short-Time and Lay-Off
Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009
What is a Fair Redundancy Procedure?
Consultation with Trade Unions’ or Employee Representatives
Employment Rights: Time Off Work
Employee Annual Leave Entitlement
Paid Time Off for Antenatal Care
Time Off Work for Dependants
Time-off for Pension Scheme Trustees
Time-off before Redundancy
Principles of Good Employment Practice: Employee Leave
Public Duties Policy
Jury Service
Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985
Recruiting Employees in the Motor Retail Industry
Disability Discrimination and the Equality Act 2010
Direct and Indirect Discrimination
Migrant Workers and the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
Employee Recruitment Best Practices and Applications
Recruitment: The Legal Restrictions when Selecting Suitable Candidates
The Equality Act 2010
The Children and Young Persons Act: Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
Employment Selection Process: The Do’s and Don’ts
Preventing Discrimination during Recruitment
Home Office Border and Immigration Agency Advice (BIA) 2005
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Termination of a Contract of Employment
Notice of Termination of Employment
What is an Employment Dismissal?
Wrongful dismissal: Breach of Contract
Fair Dismissal
Unfair Dismissal Remedies
Unfair Dismissal Compensation
Employee Dismissal Procedure
Employee Conduct
Employee Capability
Poor Employee Performance
Employee Health and Wellbeing
Statutory Bar
Reasons for Dismissal of an Employee
Unfair Dismissal
Disciplinary Procedures
The Contract of Employment
Statement of Terms and Conditions of Employment
The Principal Statement of Employment
Written Terms and Conditions of Employment
Some Special Contractual Terms
Changing the Terms of the Contract
The Transfer of Undertakings: Protection of Employment Regulations
The Process of TUPE Transfer
What do the Regulations require?
Unfair Dismissal Rights
TUPE Transfers and Employee Rights
Information and Consultation Requirements
Trade Union Membership and Recognition
Trade Union Derecognition
Why Employees join Trade Unions
The Right to join a Trade Union
Time Off for Trade Union Duties
Industrial Action: Ballots and Notice to Employers
Preventing Discrimination against Trade Union Membership and Non-Membership
Right to Belong to a Union
Trade Union Recognition
Trade Union Representative at a Disciplinary Hearing
Trade Union Safety Representatives
Right to Information
Time-off Rights
Working Time Regulations
Employees Under 18 Years of Age
Employee Exemptions
Partly Unmeasured Working Time
Working Time Agreement
Health Assessments for Night Workers
Employee Entitlements
Employee Rest Periods
Paid Annual Leave Entitlement
Employer Good Practice
Statutory Maximum Working Hours
Working at Night
Legal Article - Health & Safety
Health and Safety Practical Issues
Health and Safety: Illness and Contamination in the Workplace
Health and Safety: Stress in the Workplace
Health and Safety: Smoking in the Workplace
Health and Safety: Employee Consumption of Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace
Health and Safety Risk Assessments
Health and Safety Signs and Symbols
Health and Safety: Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Appointing Competent People
Informing Employees
Training and Instructing Employees
Notifying Requirements
Health and Safety Consultation Policy
The Consequences of Breaching Health and Safety Regulations
Workplace Health and Safety Legal Requirements: A Guide for Employers
The Use of Safety Signs in the Workplace
Light, sound and actions
Noise at Work Regulations 1989
Summary of Employers Obligations
New and Expectant Mothers at Work
Protection of Young Workers
Fire Procedures in the Workplace
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
Legal Article - VAT
VAT Guidance for the Motor Retail Industry
VOSA MOT Test Fees
Qualifying Cars For Sale
Second Hand Car Auctions
The Second Hand Car Margin Scheme
Warranties (MIB’s) and your VAT and Insurance Premium Tax Obligations
What is a Write Back?
Vehicle Road Tax Legislation
Demonstration Cars / Stock in Trade Cars
Car Imports
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