February 15, 2021
Organisers of sporting and other events who derive much of their income from pay-per-view or subscription live streaming are fighting a constant war ...
February 10, 2021
Most commercial leases require tenants to leave premises in a decent state of repair on their departure and failing to comply with such an obligation ...
February 2, 2021
Even experienced businesspeople are all too often tempted to dispense with legal formality and do oral deals with those they know and trust. As a ...
January 22, 2021
The immense profits that can be made from the fraudulent evasion of VAT and import duties makes it an attractive proposition for organised criminals. ...
January 12, 2021
As a guideline High Court decision emphasised, the greatest advantage of including English arbitration clauses in commercial contracts is that they ...
January 4, 2021
Is the capacity to invent an exclusively human quality? Or has the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) rendered that proposition obsolete? Those ...
December 18, 2020
Stoicism is a 2,300-year-old system of ethics which guided the steps of such giants of classical history as Seneca and the emperor Marcus Aurelius. ...
December 15, 2020
If attracting internet traffic is important to you, obtaining professional advice is crucial to maintaining the distinctive character of your ...
December 7, 2020
Dispensing with professional advice and buying a business on nothing more secure than a handshake is a recipe for disaster. That was certainly so in ...
November 27, 2020
The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission as regards the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage ...
You cannot incorporate a company using any name you like. Some names are prohibited (for example, those which suggest a connection with the ...
The Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008 set out the the requirements as to where and when company trading names, names of directors etc. ...
You may have come across advertisements which make forming a company sound very easy, but before you go ahead there are some serious issues to think ...
Following a recent case in which a dispute regarding a property owner’s right to light was unexpectedly dealt with by the granting of an ...
Businesses that deal with the public are reminded that legislation will come into effect soon to give consumers better protection under the law than ...
Businesses that deal with members of the public are reminded that the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which received the Royal Assent on 26 March, becomes ...
A handbook produced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) outlines the responsibilities of both the contractor and the client in situations ...
Employee absences can be both costly and disruptive. It is advisable to have systems in place to measure and analyse these costs so that you can ...
Where a dispute has a foreign element, one of the common problems is deciding under what jurisdiction legal action should be taken. This is avoided ...
Substance abuse amongst staff can affect all areas of employment, whether it be a decrease in productivity, increased absenteeism or the increased ...
