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Owen White writes regular articles for clients and other interested parties – click on any of the links below to read them. We also produce informative newsletters covering a wide range of issues. Visit our newsletter library if you would like to read or receive our newsletters.

Putting Green or Village Green?
The Supreme Court has held that a golf course can be registered as a village green. This case means that it is not only spare or waste land that can be registered as a village green. Land can be registered as a village green despite also being used for other purposes.
08 March 2010 | Property News March 2010

What is a “reasonable and usual” use?
A recent Court of Appeal decision has provided guidance on what constitutes a “reasonable and usual purpose” in the context of the grant of a right of way.
08 March 2010 | Property News March 2010

The Right to Connect to a Sewer
The Supreme Court has recently clarified the circumstances in which statutory undertakers can refuse to allow developers to connect to sewers.
25 February 2010 | Property News February 2010

Change to the compensatory award limit in unfair dismissal claims
Where a dismissal occurs after 1 February 2010, the compensatory award limit will fall from £66,200 to £65,300.
12 February 2010 | Employment News January 2010

Risk Assessments for pregnant workers
Every employer is under a duty to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to health and safety to which its employees (whether pregnant or not) are exposed while at work and is required to record the findings of the assessment. The employer should not wait until an employee becomes pregnant before it carries out this assessment.
12 February 2010 | Employment News January 2010