corporatelaw

Sep

2023

Lost a Key Employee? This is How to Mount a Damage Limitation Exercise

Written by Roy Colaba

The shock departure of a key employee is a troubling moment for any business. As a High Court ruling showed, however, effective steps can often be taken to prevent them trailing confidential information and important clients in their wake. A company...

Dec

2022

Bankruptcy Can Feel Like a Life Sentence for Alleged Uncooperative Debtors

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Bankruptcy is not a life sentence. However, as a High Court case showed, for those suspected of being less than forthcoming about their assets or otherwise failing to cooperate with their trustees in bankruptcy it can sometimes feel like one. The...

Apr

2022

Hard Negotiation or Economic Duress? High Court Gives Guidance

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Businesspeople who personally guarantee corporate debts may feel they are under such extreme pressure to do so that they have no choice. As a High Court ruling showed, however, only in very rare cases will judges find that such pressure crosses the...

Apr

2022

Christening a New Business? It's Madness Not to Seek Professional Advice

Written by Julian Milan

When christening a new business it is madness not to take professional advice so as to ensure that you are not transgressing anyone else's intellectual property rights. A case on point concerned a modest Chinese takeaway that shared the same name as...

Feb

2022

When it Comes to Corporate Takeovers, Judges Have Shareholders' Backs

Written by Roy Colaba

Some corporate takeovers are controversial while others are not, but, either way, judges perform a vital role in ensuring that every shareholder gets a fair deal. A proposed change in ownership of a multinational consultancy company provided a...

Jan

2022

Spotlight on Terms and Conditions of Sale – are yours enforceable?

Written by Roy Colaba

Most business owners understand how vital it is to have terms and conditions of sale in place to cover their sales of products or services to customers. Having well drafted and appropriate terms of sale benefits and protects a business in numerous...

Sep

2021

Suspension on Award of Fire Brigade Safety Equipment Contract Maintained

Written by Dean Parnell

If you feel that you have been treated unfairly in a public contract tendering exercise, you are anything but powerless and should take legal advice straight away. A High Court case on point concerned the award of a contract for the supply of...

Aug

2021

Naming a New Business? Watch Out for Others' Intellectual Property Rights

Written by Roy Colaba

When christening a new business, it is vitally important to get a professional to check that the name you have chosen does not tread on anyone else's intellectual property rights. In one case, a bitter harvest was reaped by a jewellery designer who...

Dec

2020

Business crushed by COVID-19? The Law can help so don't abandon hope

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Many otherwise thriving companies have been thrown into financial dire straits by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, company and insolvency lawyers are doing all they can to ensure an eventual return to prosperity and, as a High Court case showed,...

Dec

2020

Succession Planning Good, Age Discrimination Bad – EAT Ruling

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Any organisation that does not have an effective system of succession planning in place must face an uncertain future. As a ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) underlined, however, it is all too easy for such arrangements to be infected...

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Lost a Key Employee? This is How to Mount a Damage Limitation Exercise

Bankruptcy Can Feel Like a Life Sentence for Alleged Uncooperative Debtors

Hard Negotiation or Economic Duress? High Court Gives Guidance

Christening a New Business? It's Madness Not to Seek Professional Advice

When it Comes to Corporate Takeovers, Judges Have Shareholders' Backs

Spotlight on Terms and Conditions of Sale – are yours enforceable?

Suspension on Award of Fire Brigade Safety Equipment Contract Maintained

Naming a New Business? Watch Out for Others' Intellectual Property Rights

Business crushed by COVID-19? The Law can help so don't abandon hope

Succession Planning Good, Age Discrimination Bad – EAT Ruling

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