Commercial property transactions whether buying office space, leasing a warehouse, or investing in retail units have specific legal requirements. One… Continue Reading Commercial property transactions and signatures
Preliminary Agreements – When do Heads of Terms, Term Sheets, or a Memorandum of Understanding become a legal commitment? Preliminary… Continue Reading Preliminary Agreements
The Employment Rights Act 2025 has begun its phased implementation, introducing further duties for employers and significantly expanding employee protections.… Continue Reading Employment Rights Act 2025: steps employers should take
What are the key benefits of Employee Ownership Trusts? Tax Advantages of an EOT A key reason for transferring ownership… Continue Reading Employee Ownership Trusts
Tough challenges remain on the horizon for many UK SMEs after two years of Covid-19. Although we now seem to be at the ‘beginning of the end’ of the pandemic, the financial strains on small and medium-sized enterprises are likely to remain, not least because government-backed business interruption loans are yesterday’s news. Continue Reading Private Capital Could Help Drive SMEs Forward on the Road to Recovery
When investors sit for pitches, they expect to be told about an exit strategy. This includes a tale of future acquisition or IPO. Nowadays, these contingency plans have become more creative. Take, for example, BodeTree. In an article about creativity being a hook for investment, co-founder Chris Meyers unveiled the unconventional route he took. Continue Reading The Exit Strategy: What Investors Look For in a Business
ESG training, increasing your understanding of environmental, social and governance, can make a world of difference. ESG impacts how your company performs; it affects the planet and people and contributes to a better society. ESG is going to dominate many major business decisions for decades….. Continue Reading ESG Training – Become a Leader in Environmental, Social & Governance
Capping the amount a solicitor can take from a client’s damages is enough to show that the client gave ‘informed consent’ to the deduction, the High Court has ruled in a judgment affecting 400 conditional fee agreements. In Swann v Slater & Gordon, District Judge Rouine sitting in the High Court in…. Continue Reading Cap On Damages Amounts To Informed Consent
With many parts of England subject to severe COVID-19 restrictions that have mandated the closure of non-essential shops, it is likely that many tenants are being forced into financially untenable positions. Subletting and assignment are commercially impossible in the current climate, and the…. Continue Reading COVID-19 and the Frustration of Leases: Lessons from Hong Kong
