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23

Jul

2021

Supreme Court Analyses the Scope of the Professional Duty of Care

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Written by Sydney Mitchell

Professionals obviously owe a duty of care to the clients they advise, but the scope of that duty has long been a subject of legal debate. In upholding a building society's professional negligence claim against an accountancy firm, however, the...

21

Jul

2021

Letter Box Registered Office Ruled Company's Centre of Main Interests

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Written by Leanne Schneide...

Even where a company's registered office is no more than a brass plaque or a letter box, there is a powerful legal presumption that it represents the company's centre of main interests (COMI). The High Court made that point in overturning a winding...

20

Jul

2021

High Court Acts to Protect Rights of Minority Shareholder in Family Business

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Written by Dean Parnell

Family-run enterprises represent an enduring and highly effective business model – but only for so long as trust and affection between board members persists. In one case, discord between a father and son required High Court intervention to restore...

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