Applying for Probate
What happens as part of the Probate process? Losing a loved one is never easy, and dealing with the legal… Continue Reading Applying for Probate
How can commercial property owners protect their land against mass or commercial fly-tipping and illegal waste activity
Commercial fly-tipping: why landowners need to act now Recent news reports concerning Earl Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, have highlighted… Continue Reading How can commercial property owners protect their land against mass or commercial fly-tipping and illegal waste activity
Investing in English private companies from abroad: 8 legal considerations
Investing in English private companies from abroad is an attractive opportunity for many investors. In England and Wales, most private… Continue Reading Investing in English private companies from abroad: 8 legal considerations
Avoiding partnership disputes: Five steps to protect your partnership
Avoiding partnership disputes can have a fundamental impact on the longevity of a business. Partnership disputes can increase costs, disrupt… Continue Reading Avoiding partnership disputes: Five steps to protect your partnership
The Exit Strategy: What Investors Look For in a Business
The Exit Strategy: What investors look for in a business
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
Cash Flow And Coronavirus Pandemic – What directors must do
Cash Flow And Coronavirus
Paul Cooper at Blake-Turner has for many years advised clients experiencing cash flow difficulties. All too often an otherwise sound business hits a hurdle and all of a sudden it is “insolvent” because it realises it will not be able to pay certain debts as they fall due in the next few weeks and months. To describe the current…. Continue Reading Cash Flow And Coronavirus Pandemic – What directors must do
Tyco and an Employees Travel Time
The ruling in Tyco and an Employees Travel Time to Work
The recent ruling by the ECJ in the case of Federación de Servicios Privados del Sindicato Comisiones Obreras v Tyco Integrated Security SL and Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Corporation Servicios SA (Case C-266/14) [2015] All ER (D) 55 (Sep) determined that the employees travel time to work count as part of their…. Continue Reading Tyco and an Employees Travel Time
Personal Communications at work. Private or not?
Personal Communications at work. Private or not? Bărbulescu v. Romania
The recent ruling, by the ECHR, in Bărbulescu v. Romania, confirmed there was no violation of an employee’s Article 8 human right to privacy, where the employee had used his company’s internet for personal communications uses during work hours, and was consequently dismissed. Mr Bărbulescu was employed by a private…. Continue Reading Personal Communications at work. Private or not?