About Me

London W1, West End Marylebone Westminster, United Kingdom
Andrew Veitch solicitor ( LL.B., M.A., PgDip )is a partner in Guy Clapham and Co solicitors. He deals with the following areas of law: commercial and residential property, conveyancing, litigation (including neighbour disputes), divorce, family, debt collection, landlord and tenant, wills, trust, probate, personal injury and employment. Andrew's clients range from large companies and property developers to local businesses and individuals throughout London and the whole of England and Wales. The office is in the West End of London just off Marylebone High Street and north of Oxford Street and is located within walking distance of the following tube stations: Marylebone , Marble Arch , Baker Street , Bond Street , Oxford Circus , Great Portland Street , Regents Park , Euston and Kings Cross. Please contact me at: Guy Clapham & Co solicitors 51 - 55 Weymouth Street Marylebone London W1G 8NH DX: 83300 WEST END 2 Tel: 020 7935 1095 Fax: 020 7935 9127 E-Mail: andrew@guyclapham.com Website: www.guyclapham.com

Wednesday 30 September 2009

COMPANY LAW SOLICITOR - ANDREW VEITCH - SOLICITOR LONDON W1 - COMPANIES ACT 2006

FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION

Andrew Veitch (a partner in a London firm of solicitors in the West End of London W1 - Marylebone) is willing to  initially discuss (free of charge) your your company law requirements. In order to obtain your free evaluation, in the first instance, I suggest that you e-mail Andrew Veitch with your contact details and a description of your Company Law requirements and/or queries: andrew@guyclapham.com



The following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 will come into force on 1st October 2009:


COMPANY DIRECTORS - ADDRESS

From 1st October 2009 company directors can provide a service address which will be available on the public record instead of  their residential/home address. Directors may give any address for service including the company's registered office.

A director's residential address will still be required by Comapnies House, however the residential or home address  will be held on a separate register of residential addresses. Access will be restricted to separate register of residential addresses. Nevertheless, if a director continues to use their residential address as the address for service the register at Companies House will not disclose that that this address is their residential or home address. However, on 1st October 2009, unless a director notifies Companies House of a seperate service address a director's current residential address will automatically become the service address. Thus a director can notify the company of a service address to be included in the Register of Directors. This new service address should then be notified to the Registrar of Companies using form CH01.


INSPECTION OF COMPANY RECORDS

If a person wishes to inspect a private company's records, they will have to give advance notice of the date and time they wish to carry out the inspection. The person inspecting the private company's records will be allowed to copy all or part of a records they are entitled to inspect.

Companies are also required to provide copies of records in the format that the inspecting person requests, be it a hard copy or electronic copy (even if this is not how the company stores the records.)


CHANGES TO ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

You are required to notify Companies House of any amendments to the company's articles within 15 days. If you fail to make the notification within the 15 day time limit the sanctions are that  you could be held to have committed a criminal offence and be fined £200.


NEW COMPANIES HOUSE FORMS

All Companies House forms will change from 1st  October 2009. The new forms must be used for all matters on or after 1st  October 2009. If you submit an old form for matters on or after 1st October 2009 it will be rejected by Companies House. However, for matters  which took place before 1st  October the old 1985 Act forms should still be used.


Andrew Veitch solicitor, LL.B., M.A., Pg Dip

C/O Guy Clapham & Co
51 - 55 Weymouth Street
Marylebone
Westminster
London W1G 8NH

E-mail: andrew@guyclapham.com

Tel: 020 7935 1095

This blog provides basic general legal information to help people understand their legal rights, but is not a substitute for personal legal advice from a solicitor. By the very nature of a blog the information published in blog posts on this site may be out of date.


Therefore this blog is subject to our following disclaimer and conditions of use:

Where no personal consultation has taken place with Andrew Veitch or the partners or employees of Guy Clapham & Co under no circumstances will Andrew Veitch or the partners of Guy Clapham & Co be responsible for (1) any information contained in, omitted or received from this site, (2) any persons reliance on any such information, whether or not the information is correct, current or complete, (3) the consequences of any action you or any other person takes or fails to take, whether or not based on information provided (4)

Tuesday 29 September 2009

ANDREW VEITCH - LONDON SOLICITOR W1 - PERSONAL INJURY SOLICITOR LONDON W1 - PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS - AN EXPLANATION OF NO WIN NO FEE AGREEMENTS (CFA's)

FREE INITIAL ADVICE

Andrew Veitch a personal injury lawyer (a partner in a London firm of solicitors in the West End of London W1 - Marylebone) is willing to initially discuss (free of charge) your ability to pursue a personal injury claim / accident claim.  Andrew Veitch will also advise you if he is willing to undertake your claim on a no win no fee basis (A Conditional Fee Agreement.) Andrew Veitch will also advise you on alternative methods of funding your personal injury claim, such as before the event insurance (BTE) and after the event insurance (ATE.) If you instruct Andrew Veitch to undertake your personal injury claim your matter will be dealt with by him (a "Grade A" experienced personal injury litigator,) rather than being dealt with by a lowly qualified solicitor, paralegal or even legally unqualified person as can happen with some claim management firms of solicitors.

WHAT DOES "No win No fee" REALLY MEAN?

No win No fee arrangements are technically called "Conditional Fee Agreements (CFA's) and were created by legislation in 1998. This legislation was essentially introduced to replace Legal Aid funding for personal injury claims. Legal Aid has been effectively abolished for all but a few cases of personal injury claim, for example Legal Aid can be available for medical negligence claims in certain circumstances.

The solicitor in agreeing to take on your case under a CFA takes a risk that he will win the case. This is because if your claim does not succeed he will not recover any of his fees. Therefore solicitors are only likely to agree to act on a CFA basis if they believe that you have a very strong case that is likely to succeed. However, even if you have a strong case there is always a risk that the claim does not succeed and the solicitor does not get paid. If your personal injury claim does not succeed and you have followed advice provided by Andrew Veitch you will not be charged any legal fees by Andrew Veitch.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ISSUE A CLAIM AND YOU LOSE?

If you issue a claim at court and then subsequently lose your claim or withdraw your claim you are normally then liable to pay the defendant's legal costs. This is why Andrew Veitch will explain the need to consider the possibility of insuring yourself against losing your claim.



If you think you may have a claim or require further information why not contact Andrew Veitch for a free evaluation of your claim. Andrew Veitch has dealt with claims for the following injuries and accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) accidents at work / in employment, medical negligence, bike and car accidents, trips slips and falls (on roads, pavements and in shops.)

In order to obtain your free evaluation, in the first instance, I suggest that you e-mail Andrew Veitch with your contact details and a description of how your injury occurred, details of any witnesses that saw the accident and details of the injuries you sustained and any costs incurred or loss of earnings: andrew@guyclapham.com

Andrew Veitch solicitor, LL.B., M.A., Pg Dip
C/O Guy Clapham & Co
51 - 55 Weymouth Street
Marylebone
Westminster
London W1G 8NH

E-mail: andrew@guyclapham.com

Tel: 020 7935 1095


This blog provides basic general legal information to help people understand their legal rights, but is not a substitute for personal legal advice from a solicitor. By the very nature of a blog the information published in blog posts on this site may be out of date.

Therefore this blog is subject to our following disclaimer and conditions of use:

Where no personal consultation has taken place with Andrew Veitch or the partners or employees of Guy Clapham & Co under no circumstances will Andrew Veitch or the partners of Guy Clapham & Co be responsible for (1) any information contained in, omitted or received from this site, (2) any persons reliance on any such information, whether or not the information is correct, current or complete, (3) the consequences of any action you or any other person takes or fails to take, whether or not based on information provided (4)


Wednesday 2 September 2009

ANDREW VEITCH - LEASE EXTENSION SOLICITOR LONDON W1 - HOW TO EXTEND A RESIDENTIAL LEASE

FREE INITIAL ADVICE
Andrew Veitch (a solicitor in the West End of London W1) is willing to initially discuss (free of charge) your ability to extend your residential lease.

FOR HOW LONG CAN YOU EXTEND YOUR LEASE?

The statutory right to extend your residential lease is provided by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (as amended.) This allows you to extend your lease by way of a grant of a new lease for a term of 90 years, in addition to the unexpired term of your lease. The new lease will also provide for a peppercorn rent (i.e. no money has to be paid for the rent - no rent is payable.)

HOW DO I QUALIFY TO EXTEND MY LEASE?

Subject to a few exceptions, to qualify to extend your lease by 90 years you must own a long lease (a lease that was originally at least 21 years long) and have owned it for the past two years.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OR WHY SHOULD I EXTEND MY LEASE?

As the length of the unexpired term of a lease decreases so does the resale value of the lease. Thus if you extend your lease you will add value to the sale price of your flat/property and/or prevent the value of your flat/property decreasing.
If a lease has less than 80 years unexpired (the amount/years left of a lease) then as part of the cost to extend your lease you will have to pay what is known as a "marriage value" to your landlord. This will increase the cost of extending your lease. For this reason should consider extending sooner rather than later.

Due to mortgage lender's requirements (Banks and building society) you could be faced with difficulties selling your flat if the unexpired term is less than is regarded as mortgageable by most lenders. Different lenders have different rules but they are generally require at least an unexpired term of 25 years beyond the length of a mortgage. As most mortgages are re-paid over 25 years most lenders require a minimum unexpired term of about 50 - 60 years. Thus if you extend your lease a buyer will be able to obtain a mortgage to purchase your flat/property and your flat/property will be more marketable and valuable.

WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE TO EXTEND MY LEASE?

There is a strict legal procedure to extend your lease. First of all you need to serve a Notice of Claim on the landlord to claim a lease extension (based of what you believe is the value of the cost of extending your lease.) I suggest that a specialist valuer is instructed to prepare a valuation report (especially in Central London) so that you are aware of the potential cost of the lease extension. I can recommend a suitable valuer to you.

The service of the Notice of Claim is only the start of the legal process for acquiring a 90 year extension. The cost of the lease extension may be agreed with your landlord (after negotiations) or your claim may end up in the the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal ("LVT") which may have to decide what the amount payable for the lease extension should be. Since there are strict time limits, rules relating to service of the notices and counter notices, information and documentation to be served and your claim could end up in the LVT (which is a little bit like a court hearing) you may be advised to seek legal advice or instruct a solicitor to handle your claim to ensure that your claim does not fail, you do not pay too much for your lease extension and you keep costs payable to your landlord to a minimum.

If you wish to consider extending your lease please do not hesitate to contact Andrew Veitch for further advice:

Andrew Veitch solicitor - LL.B., M.A., Pg Dip
C/O Guy Clapham & Co
51-55 Weymouth Street
Marylebone
Westminster
London W1G 8NH

E-Mail: andrew@guyclapham.com

Tel: 020 7935 1095

This blog provides basic general legal information to help people understand their legal rights, but is not a substitute for personal legal advice from a solicitor. By the very nature of a blog the information published in blog posts on this site may be out of date.


Therefore this blog is subject to our following disclaimer and conditions of use:

Where no personal consultation has taken place with Andrew Veitch or the partners or employees of Guy Clapham & Co under no circumstances will Andrew Veitch or the partners of Guy Clapham & Co be responsible for (1) any information contained in, omitted or received from this site, (2) any persons reliance on any such information, whether or not the information is correct, current or complete, (3) the consequences of any action you or any other person takes or fails to take, whether or not based on information provided (4)