Welcome to the first edition of our Contractor monthly bulletin, a practical tip per month focussing on process and application issues for contract administrators.

In a decision handed down on 8 May 2012 the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) have clarified a long standing requirement that a demand for rent or service charges must contain the name and address of the landlord, if it is to be regarded as a valid demand.

As part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 a new law passed on the 1 May 2012 will make it a criminal offence to squat in a residential building.

Many employers had hoped that the Coalition Government would rethink plans to remove the default retirement age of 65, but it has recently been confirmed that the change will still go ahead.

Mr Homer was 51 when he started working for the Police National Legal Database as an in-house legal adviser.

Fiduciary duties are usually imposed on directors, and sometimes those just below board level.

Ms Nelson was a legal secretary. The day after she resigned from Claphams she sent an email to her sister which ended with the words "told everyone about what happened they were all appalled.

Ms Woods, a Muslim, was a pre-registration student at a pharmacy where both the pharmacist and managing director were Sikhs.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been forced to try and settle a dispute that has arisen between the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the London Organising Committee (LOCOG), two of the Game's most high profile stakeholders.

The micro-blogging service, Twitter, recently announced that they can now 'censor' messages by country. Many in the technology community were shocked by this news as the transparency and free access to information sharing on Twitter was seen as a catalyst for some of the Arab spring revolutionary activity this time last year.

You would be surprised how often parties get it wrong and don't execute their contracts properly.

Ms O'Farrell worked for Publicis Consultants UK Ltd in the post of Director. Her contract provided for three months' notice of termination by either party.

Facebook has launched their new Timeline feature to the world this week.

Call Centre Focus magazine recently published a survey of senior executives involved in retail with some interesting findings for those interested in how the multi-channel concept is changing retail.

The multi million pound sponsorship and naming rights deal just announced between Manchester City and Etihad Airways has raised the issue of clubs seeking ways to circumvent the Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFP), which are due to be phased in by UEFA during the 2011/2012 season.

Number of redundancies contemplated: one. Number of employees in the selection pool: one.

In January we wrote about Dunn v Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management.

I have recently commented in this blog on the opportunities for sharing services that overlap, particularly in the public sector.

The Pirate Bay (TPB) is a Swedish website that links to online copies of music, films, and software – anything that can be easily copied and distributed online.

The multi million pound sponsorship and naming rights deal just announced between Manchester City and Etihad Airways has raised the issue of clubs seeking ways to circumvent the Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFP), which are due to be phased in by UEFA during the 2011/2012 season.