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Company Share Buybacks – An Overview
There are many reasons why a shareholder may choose, or be required, to sell their shares in a company prior to an exit by all shareholde...
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Inheritance Laws At Play: The Mate Family Farm Dispute
The High Court’s spotlight has once again been focused on the farming industry but this time in the context of an inheritance dispute. In...
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Intra Group Re-Organisations – The Why, What and How
Many businesses operate though group structures. This may be the result of carefully thought through strategies or it may arise from lega...
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Building Safety Act 2022 – A Landlord’s Perspective
The Building Safety Act 2022 was brought into force on 28 April 2022. Designed to provide a safer living environment for tenants of high ...
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New guidance released from the ICO to help companies manage their e...
Employers have welcomed the latest updated guidance just released from The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on how employers shoul...
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Safety in high rise buildings
The Building Safety Act 2022 came into force on 28th April 2022 and contains reforms designed to make living in high rise buildings safer...
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Artificial intelligence at work
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a new concept, but the debate about its use in everyday life has really ramped up in recent months, p...
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What is a De Facto Director? Why does it matter?
A company is unlikely to know that it has a de facto director until there is a problem, often involving company litigation or proceedings...
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ICO Publishes New Employer Guidance on Subject Access Requests
Employers will be familiar with the dread of receiving a subject access request (SAR) from an employee. They take up time, resource and i...
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Issues Surrounding Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency fraud: foreign cryptocurrency exchange ordered to convert cryptoassets into fiat currency and transfer the funds into the ...
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A Post-Covid Era Perspective of Commercial Property
The Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the world, fundamentally changing the way we live, work and conduct business. Among the s...
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Keeping it in the Family – Corporate Structures and Family Businesses
Family businesses come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from SMEs employing multiple generations to global giants like SC Johnson, still...
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ChatGPT: The Impact and Opportunities for M&A Lawyers
The impact of artificial intelligence on the legal sector has been the subject of debate for almost two decades, particularly in relation...
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Unfair Prejudice – A claim of two halves?
In a recent case involving Cardiff City Football Club, a minority shareholder filed an unfair prejudice petition against the majority sha...
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What Happens When a Shareholder in an Owner-Managed Business Dies?
Protecting shares in a private company involves planning. Many business owners are so caught up in protecting their company from day-to-d...
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Moving forward with post Brexit changes to employment law
May 2023 saw proposals for major changes to employment law, designed to ‘boost the economy’ through ‘smarter regulation’. In this article...