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16 Aug 2024
Directors’ Duties: How do They Affect your Business?
As a small to medium business owner, you’ve no doubt got a lot of regulations to contend with. Almost all commercial...
28 Jun 2024
Dealing With Disputes: Some Helpful Hints
Disputes are commonplace in the business world. Whether between suppliers, clients, customers, or competitors, most...
10 May 2024
Expedient Expansion: The Franchisor’s Perspective
The franchise model of business is well-known. We see it in a wide variety of forms, within industries from gardening and fast food...
04 Mar 2024
Brand Protection: Strategies for Defending your Rights
Different businesses gain value in different ways. But in almost all cases, a business’s brand accounts for a...
24 Jan 2024
Understanding Trusts: How They Work and Why They Matter
A plain-English overview of trusts — what they are, how they work, and why they matter.
20 Oct 2023
A Buyer’s Guide – Protecting Intellectual Property in Business Sales
Intellectual property (IP) often represents a business’s most valuable asset. It is crucial for the continued...
22 Sep 2023
Product Liability: What Manufacturers, Importers, and Vendors Need to Know
Product liability is an area of law with some unusual features. In fact, there’s relatively little awareness...
18 Aug 2022
Service Agreements: A Service Provider’s Perspective
Service agreements are an important part of business. Often, they are considered from a...
18 Jun 2022
When a Director Departs: What Executives Need to Consider
In a previous article, we spoke about restraint clauses. But we didn’t cover restraint clauses in relation to company directors, who want..
13 Jun 2022
Partnership and Shareholders’ Agreements: What You Need to Know
Businesses often start as an idea. Sometimes, they start as a personal idea that you have cultivated and pursued over the course of...
16 Apr 2022
Vendor Finance Agreements - A Basic Summary
What is it? A vendor finance agreement is a contract between a buyer and a seller, whereby the seller agrees to assist with funding...
27 Feb 2022
Environmental Crimes: Liability for Commercial Environmental Damage
Environmental considerations form the parameters of almost all commercial conduct. Those parameters are set by numerous laws, which have...
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