Five Legal Tips For Small Businesses
Legal Tips 1. Consider protecting your personal assets If you are starting a business with one or more people, you can trade in a...
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Richard Jenkins
- Dec 18, 2019
Should Home Alone 2 character, Kevin McCallister, be in jail?
We all know and love the Home Alone series and for many Christmas isn’t Christmas until it’s been watched at least once. But when The...
Richard Jenkins
- Sep 26, 2019
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...
Richard Jenkins
- Jul 16, 2019
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...
Richard Jenkins
- Mar 11, 2019
Updating Articles of Association
Introduction Many private companies which were incorporated before 1st October 2009 still have their constitution based upon the old...
Richard Jenkins
- Feb 6, 2019
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...
Richard Jenkins
- Jan 23, 2019
Illegal Dividends
Introduction It has recently been decided by the Court of Appeal in Global Corporate Limited v Dirk Stefan Hale [2018] that dividends...
Richard Jenkins
- Dec 18, 2018
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...
Richard Jenkins
- Nov 28, 2018
Rangers Football Club and Precise Contract Drafting
interesting article on the pickle that Rangers Football Club found itself in due to the imprecise drafting of a contract. Some thoughts...
Richard Jenkins
- Oct 28, 2018
Ten Weird Laws
article in the Independent which professes to list the ten weirdest laws in Britain: If you do not want to read the whole article, the...
Richard Jenkins
- Jul 11, 2018
Should all Businesses Have Terms and Conditions?
Introduction A question was recently posed on social media: Should all businesses have terms and conditions? Some thoughts In my view,...
Richard Jenkins
- Jun 22, 2018
The Difference Between a Director and a Shareholder
Shareholder or Director or Both? Shareholders and directors have different roles in a company. The shareholders own the company through...
Richard Jenkins
- Apr 26, 2018
Wait a Minute Mr Postman – Delivery Charges
Introduction The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has issued new guidance on delivery charges for products purchased online. The...
Richard Jenkins
- Mar 23, 2018
Reporting On Payment Practices
Introduction Large companies now have to report on their payment practices to suppliers twice yearly. This article gives more detail....
Richard Jenkins
- Mar 16, 2018
Small and Medium Size Businesses (SMEs) Lose £13.6 Billion a Year Due To Legal Issues!
Introduction I have for many years been preaching that prevention is better than cure. A recent survey by YouGov appears to reinforce...
Richard Jenkins
- Feb 23, 2018
What Would Happen To Your Business If You Became Incapacitated?
Introduction I have written before about the benefits of having a Shareholders’ Agreement in place This blog discusses Lasting Powers of...
Richard Jenkins
- Nov 27, 2017
Our work as legal advisors for NCEE in Coventry
(AKA the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE)) A Case Study Introduction NCEE, a longstanding client, is another...
Richard Jenkins
- Sep 26, 2017
Non-Compete Clauses In Employment Contracts Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd
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Richard Jenkins
- Sep 22, 2017
Take Care When Providing Free Professional Advice! Lejonvarn v Burgess, [2016] EWHC 40 (TCC), [2017]
Introduction There has been a recent court case which went to the Court of Appeal where a professional was found legally responsible even...
Richard Jenkins
- Aug 24, 2017
Jeff Blue – Oh For A Written Contract!
Introduction Following my blog in July about the need for written contracts, I bet Jeff Blue wished for one after losing his case against...
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