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Jun

2017

Litigation – sitting on your hands is a good way of ensuring defeat!

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Every step in litigation is subject to rigorously enforced time limits and sitting on your hands when faced with a claim is simply not an option. Developers found that out to their cost when their failure to act promptly resulted in the forfeiture...

Jun

2017

Insolvency proceedings must not be used to turn the screw

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Insolvency proceedings must not be used as a means of bringing pressure to bear in commercial disputes and are only appropriate where there is a genuine inability to pay debts. The High Court made those points in blocking a winding up petition...

Jun

2017

Ex-Wife awarded £4.5 million after two-year marriage

Written by Jayne Gregg

The length of a marriage and the pre-existing financial positions of the husband and wife are both relevant factors when it comes to dividing up assets on divorce. However each case is decided on its own facts and in one case a wife was awarded £4.5...

Jun

2017

Restrictive covenant binding on top recruitment consultant

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Senior employees know the intimate details of the companies they work for and their departure to a competitor can be a disaster. However, a recent High Court case showed that professionally drafted contractual restrictions on what they can and...

Jun

2017

Insuring a risk? absolute frankness is the best policy!

Written by Sydney Mitchell

When you take out an insurance policy, it might seem tempting to minimise the risk insured against with a view to reducing the premium. However, one High Court case concerning a catastrophic property fire showed why absolute frankness is required....

Jun

2017

Own a company? have you planned for its future without you?

Written by Nicholas Bennett

Estate planning really is essential, particularly if you own a company, and a failure to take professional advice can store up unforeseen trouble for your loved ones. The point could hardly have been more powerfully made than by one High Court case...

Jun

2017

Discriminated against? you can be compensated for injury to your feelings

Written by Sydney Mitchell

If you suffer discrimination in the workplace you can be compensated for injury to your feelings as well as for your financial losses. A £12,000 award was made for injury to feelings in one striking case in which a woman was told that she was being...

Jun

2017

Minority shareholders triumph – time to review your articles of association?

Written by Sydney Mitchell

When shareholders have a disagreement, it can be particularly divisive where they do not have a controlling interest in the company concerned. However, as one Court of Appeal decision has recently shown, the outcome will usually depend on the...

Jun

2017

Family partnerships only work so long as good relationships persist

Written by Dean Parnell

Family partnerships can be highly effective vehicles for running businesses, but that depends on good relations being maintained. In one High Court case in which ties of blood were sadly not enough to prevent discord, a father and son engaged in a...

Jun

2017

Paying divorce maintenance? Have your financial circumstances changed?

Written by Emma Gray

A decree absolute, ending a marriage, does not necessarily signal the end of judicial involvement in divorce. As one High Court case showed, financial arrangements can be revisited in the light of changed circumstances, including children growing up...

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Published Articles

Litigation – sitting on your hands is a good way of ensuring defeat!

Insolvency proceedings must not be used to turn the screw

Ex-Wife awarded £4.5 million after two-year marriage

Restrictive covenant binding on top recruitment consultant

Insuring a risk? absolute frankness is the best policy!

Own a company? have you planned for its future without you?

Discriminated against? you can be compensated for injury to your feelings

Minority shareholders triumph – time to review your articles of association?

Family partnerships only work so long as good relationships persist

Paying divorce maintenance? Have your financial circumstances changed?

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