Every year without fail millions of people make New Year's resolutions, most of which will be broken by 5 th January. An easy way to keep a New Year resolution is to make one that will benefit your business. During the course of the year, commercial...
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There is often a misconception that once someone is appointed director of a limited company they can pretty much act as they please. It is not that simple. This blog post seeks to explain a little about some of the issues that arise when taking on the...
Purchasing a property at auction is an appealing prospect for potential buyers in that valuable investments can be obtained on favourable financial terms. Therefore, to ensure that this is the case, potential buyers are advised to give consideration to the...
We have appointed a new Company Commercial paralegal to our team of legal specialists. Sara De Rinaldis joins Brethertons from Meade King Solicitors where she worked as a Corporate Paralegal for over 2 years. She has experience in dealing with a...
What an interesting couple of months for data protection! See below for updates, particularly relating to how businesses can avoid prosecution. Failure to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Businesses that collect...
Comparative Advertising The introduction of the European Comparative Advertising Directive 2006 and its implementation into UK law has allowed for companies to advertise their goods alongside those belonging to a third party as long as certain conditions...
Following the ruling of the European Court of Justice in October 2015 which declared the Safe Harbour framework invalid, the European Commission has now announced its adoption of an adequacy decision approving the new EU-US Privacy Shield. So what does this...
A recent decision by the Court of Appeal raises potential risks for companies (and their directors) who are part of a group, about the limited liability protections most companies take for granted. The decision could allow the use of the assets of a...
A judgement issued by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom last week has confirmed that, in relation to insurance claims at least, there really are two kinds of lies. The question before the court was whether an insurance company could refuse to...
In 2010 a Singapore company, Future Enterprises, registered a European-wide trademark for its product ‘MacCoffee’ but this week that trade mark has been removed from the register following a successful court application by McDonalds. This...
PSC Register – what’s that? PSC stands for ‘persons of significant control’ and it represents changes in corporate law that affect your business. From 6 April 2016, almost every company operating in the UK is required to keep a...
Last weekend I was speaking at our Property Management Unwrapped conference about selling and buying businesses so this blog is a departure for me as it is a personal reflection on those processes. Someone can sell a business for a variety of reasons;...
Having spent over four years in preparation, the official text for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has now been formally approved; it’s been translated into the EU’s official languages and published in the Official Journal of the...
So you think that being registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is enough to prevent unwanted marketing calls….? Think again! It seems that some companies simply can’t help themselves. Despite the Information...
We previously wrote an article on this subject (Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015) when the 9 month period for surrendering bearer shares was implemented. We are now 8 months into the 9 month surrender period for cancelling or...
If your company wants to buy back it’s own shares from an existing shareholder of the company and more particularly, out of the capital of the company, rather than out of distributable profits, then you need to ensure that you follow the statutory...
Successful businesses are dynamic businesses, ready and willing to take opportunities as they arise, and growth is always on the agenda. Growing your business organically can take time, something which is often short-at-hand in today’s fast-paced...
Over the past month a seismic event occurred in America and a less seismic, but no less important, report was published in the UK. Firstly, Ashley Madison, was exposed as hackers revealed the personal details of millions of its registered users -...
The Corporate Marriage When I was asked by a colleague to write an article about ‘Mergers and Acquisitions’ and keep it short, my first thought was ‘how? it’s such a large topic’! This is the type of deal I work on every...
Last month the singer, Taylor Swift , made headlines with her stance against Apple Music regarding their policy for paying (or not!) singers for streaming their music. This week, a photographer in the Midlands was surprised when his blog accusing...