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The Dangers of Starting Work Before Signing on the dotted Line....
Claire Kelly, Commercial team - When you’re trying to run a business, it is easy to get frustrated by all of the legalities and red tape. After all, you may have been working for months on making a big sale, or doing a particular deal, and you... -
Partnerships and Bankruptcy
Fahri Ecvet, Commercial team
When people enter into business partnerships, they do so with ambition, drive and a single minded focus on success. They rarely conceive of the possibility of business failure or bankruptcy. But it often happens... -
Starting Up Your Own Business is Not Plain Sailing
Mark Cornish, Partner So, you and your friends or relatives have hit upon the product to beat all products - "the next big thing". You've set up your limited company and orders are about to come rolling in. You've each invested most of your... -
Formalities Governing a Company Executing a Deed
David Wedgwood, Partner and Yannis Constantine, Trainee Introduction This article deals with recent changes in the procedural rules to be observed when companies and other corporations enter into deeds and written agreements. Those documents form the... -
Using Company Buy Backs in Shareholder Disputes
Mark Cornish, Partner Shareholder disputes are not for the faint hearted, and the ending of a business relationship can be every bit as acrimonious as the ending of a marriage. Indeed sometimes the end of a marriage also involves the end of a business... -
Private International Law and the Questions of Jurisdiction and Enforcement in Litigation Cases with a Foreign Element
Yannis Constantine One of the primary considerations in any litigation action with a foreign element is the question of jurisdiction. To put it simply, if a UK based client wants to issue proceedings against a Defendant who is abroad, where should he start...




