A way of managing assets for someone. The settlor creates the trust and puts assets into it, the trustees manage it and the beneficiaries benefit from the trust assets or income.

A person who manages a trust.

A trust is where one person (trustor) gives assets to another person(s) (trustee) for the benefit of a third person(s) (beneficiary(s)).

When a business is transferred from one owner to another, The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) protects employees’ terms and conditions of employment.

Employees of the previous owner when the business changes hands automatically become employees of the new employer on the same terms and conditions. Employers are required to inform and consult employees affected directly or indirectly by the transfer.

A promise to the court to do, or not to do something which is enforceable by way of a fine or ultimately a committal to prison.

An Unfair Dismissal occurs when an employer dismisses an employee for an unfair reason and/or the employer does not follow the correct procedure for the dismissal.

See same roof rule.

Where the title to a property has not previously been registered at the Land Registry and ownership is proved by the production of a complete chain of documents showing successive ownership.

Acting on your own, without a legal professional aiding you with making a claim.

A criminal conviction is unspent if it is still on your record according to the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

Possession of a property free of the presence of any people, possession or rubbish.

The person who is selling the property.

Vexatious litigation is when a claim is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue the other party.

Filing vexatious litigation is considered an abuse of the judicial process and may result in sanctions against the offender.

The person who has suffered as a result of the crime.

A specific term used in discrimination law. A person is victimised if they are treated less favourably because they have complained of discrimination or assisted or supported a colleague with their claim.

Wages can include fees, bonuses, commissions, holiday pay, statutory sick pay, maternity pay etc.

A formal agreement entered into with a property owner to give a service provided (e.g. electricity or telephone company) a right for their pipe or cable to pass through or over the property.

The official name for whistleblowing is ‘making a disclosure in the public interest’. If there is some form of wrongdoing in the workplace, it can be reported and the person’s employment rights are protected and they cannot be victimised by their employer.

Whistleblowers are protected for public interest, to encourage people to speak out if they find malpractice in an organisation or workplace.

Malpractice could be improper, illegal or negligent behaviour by anyone in the workplace.