Business Law Updates

Mar

2020

Adapt and Adjust – coronavirus

Written by Sydney Mitchell

On 24 February 2022, the Government lifted all Covid-19 legal restrictions. Sydney Mitchell will continue to ensure our facilities are safe for those with any medical or shielding requirements of its clients and staff. Please notify your solicitor...

Aug

2019

Sydney Mitchell shortlisted in Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

Written by Karen Moores

West Midlands law firm, Sydney Mitchell has been short-listed in the medium size law firm of the year category at the Law Society Excellence Awards for the second year running. The medium law firm of the year category, which is open to all law firms...

Feb

2024

Entering into a partnership? Get it in writing

Written by Roy Colaba

Business partners who failed to define their working relationship in writing – instead reaching agreements orally over bottles of red wine in a pub – paid the price when a dispute over money erupted and made its way to the Court of Appeal. Partner A...

Jan

2024

Oral Agreements are a bad idea – Never dispense with legal formality

Written by Roy Colaba

Oral agreements may appear a fast and effective means of doing business but, in the absence of legal formality, it can be very difficult to prove that they were ever even reached. In one case, the owner of a listed cinema which was compulsorily...

Jul

2022

Only Fools and IP Rights work!

Written by Julian Milan

Fans of “Only Fools and Horses” and advisers on the law of copyright will both be interested in a case reported this month. The facts concerned a novelty dining experience, “Only Fools the (cushty) Dining Experience “, where actors playing the parts...

Jun

2022

Spotlight on Export Sales Contracts

Written by Sydney Mitchell

The possibilities for exporting products and services present an important opportunity for many IJK businesses. From a legal perspective, agreements for sales to export customers are likely to need to take into account a number of factors which...

Mar

2021

Defamed on Social Media? You don't have to put up with it

Written by Dean Parnell

Wounding statements that can have a devastating impact on your professional and personal life take moments to type but can spread like wildfire on the internet. As a High Court case concerning two sports journalists showed, however, lawyers can move...

Mar

2021

Plagued by former employees turned competitors?

Written by Roy Colaba

Many business owners lie awake at night worrying that senior employees may leave to set up rival operations, taking clients and confidential information with them. Such conduct is, however, highly likely to be unlawful and, as one case showed,...

Feb

2021

Sensible businesspeople never contract without legal advice

Written by Roy Colaba

It is a frequent occurrence that two businesspeople who attend the same meeting emerge with diametrically opposed views as to what, if anything, has been agreed. A High Court case concerning the sale of a luxury overseas property development showed...

Jan

2021

Going into business with a friend? Never dispense with legal advice

Written by Sydney Mitchell

If you're going into business with a friend or family member you trust, you may think there is no need to consult a solicitor so that arrangements between you can be formalised in writing. A High Court ruling, however, showed exactly why that is...

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Business Law Updates

Adapt and Adjust – coronavirus

Sydney Mitchell shortlisted in Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

Entering into a partnership? Get it in writing

Oral Agreements are a bad idea – Never dispense with legal formality

Only Fools and IP Rights work!

Spotlight on Export Sales Contracts

Defamed on Social Media? You don't have to put up with it

Plagued by former employees turned competitors?

Sensible businesspeople never contract without legal advice

Going into business with a friend? Never dispense with legal advice

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