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When Emails Can Create a Contract
In a recent case before the High Court, it was said that a lawyer had entered into a contract for the sale of land on behalf of his client by sending an email.
Calling all Accountants! Share Sale or Share Buyback?
As all accountants know, when a director/shareholder in a small private company wants to leave, it is sometimes difficult to find a buyer for his/her shares. Often, the other shareholders do not have the money to purchase the shares so the seller might turn to the Company.
Five Legal Tips For Small Businesses
There are a number of legal issues that can have an adverse effect on small businesses. Here are a few tips that might help with the smooth running of your business.
Should Home Alone 2 character, Kevin McCallister, be in jail?
The Secret Barrister sat down to watch Home Alone 2 and spotted a series of legal issues!
A Selection of Hilarious Legal Tips from a US Lawyer
Introduction The following are a selection of very funny legal tips from a US criminal lawyer (L. Scott Briscoe). Legal Tips Men, when a woman asks you to send proof of your girth and length by holding a credit card next to it in the photo, it’s not your pride and...
What does Subject to Contract mean?
Introduction It is fairly well established that to prevent the creation of legal relations parties use the term ‘subject to contract’ or a similar variation. The expression indicates that the parties are still negotiating and have not yet entered into a contract. Is...
Updating Articles of Association
Introduction Many private companies which were incorporated before 1st October 2009 still have their constitution based upon the old Table A Articles of Association. The following blog outlines the benefits to updating your Articles: What’s the value in updating my...
Registering Charges At Companies House
Introduction If a company needs to give security for a loan, it will often create a charge over its assets. A charge is similar to a mortgage. When we buy a house and apply for a loan, the lender relies on the house as security. When a company applies for a loan...
Illegal Dividends
Introduction It has recently been decided by the Court of Appeal in Global Corporate Limited v Dirk Stefan Hale [2018] that dividends which constitute unlawful distributions are illegal when they are made and cannot be re-categorised by subsequently treating them as...
Disclosure & Legal Professional Privilege
Introduction The majority of civil court cases in England and Wales are subject to the rules of standard disclosure, which are set out by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). Under the CPR, each party may be required to collect and review potentially relevant...