Looking after children can be a full time job. Looking after staff can be just as challenging, and not always as rewarding. For a start, there’s the recruitment process. Most of us don’t get to pick our children, but you can agonise for days over decisions to take on staff, how much to offer them, […]
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The General Data Protection Regulation (aka Greater Data Protection Requirements)
What is the GDPR? The GDPR, or in its full name the General Data Protection Regulation, is law that will come into force on 25 May 2018. It will replace current data protection law, namely the current Data Protection Directive and the Data Protection Act 1998. Getting into the spirit of the GDPR Accountability and […]
Read MoreDon’t mess with the mouse
This is not some throwback to the 1950s, where I’m envisaging a woman standing on a chair, shrieking hysterically whilst waving a broom at a small mouse as it runs around the house, reminiscent of a Tom and Jerry cartoon. This phrase was used often in the first law firm I worked at, and the […]
Read MoreGDPR – it’s not as scary as you think
In January, Stephanie Kleyman ran an information workshop at the Harrow Council on the General Data Protection Regulation and its’ implications for different types of businesses and their management. This is a very topical area of law at the moment given the significant changes it will bring to data protection within the next months. The […]
Read MoreNelly the elephant packed his kids and moved away to the circus
Feel like taking your children and running away to the circus? Or somewhere else within the UK? Often following relationship breakdown, a parent will want to move to another area of the UK in order to pursue a new relationship, have a fresh start or return to their hometown. However can you do this […]
Read MoreI’ve had some really bad dates!
I don’t mean romantic dates – although I’ve definitely had a few bad ones of those. The guy who only asked me out at the request of his friend (who had taken me out the week before) to see what I’d do was probably top of my list of bad dates. Closely followed by the guy who […]
Read MoreSay what you mean, and mean what you say
It may sound obvious, but when it comes to drafting contracts, sometimes it goes wrong because people think things are obvious when they are not. Better to spell it out and be certain, than keep it brief and lose out. For example, what does the word “exclusive” mean to you. Well you’d assume that it […]
Read MoreThat lightbulb moment
We’ve all had them. That flash of inspiration when the penny drops, the clouds clear and suddenly you can see things from a whole new perspective. Sometimes it can be huge, but often even small ideas can be very rewarding. My company has been operating a dress down Friday policy for a few years. […]
Read MoreI’m a gate crasher, get me out of here
If any of you met me for the first time at a networking event, you’re likely to remember me introducing myself as a gate crashed. Sometimes I go with professional drinker (no one could deny that’s true) and occasionally I go with pole dancer (I can’t really pull that one off but at least it […]
Read MoreKleyman & Co’s Fantastic Christmas Party
Kleyman & Co’s Fantastic Christmas Party!
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