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If you are going into business with a friend or family member you trust, you may think there is no need to consult a solicitor so that arrangements between you...
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Even experienced businesspeople are all too often tempted to dispense with legal formality and do oral deals with those they know and trust. As a High Court case underlined, however,...
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As a guideline High Court decision emphasised, the greatest advantage of including English arbitration clauses in commercial contracts is that they prevent litigation from proliferating around the world and focus...
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The high reputation of the Commercial Court in London for efficiency and impartiality is such that English jurisdiction clauses are a ubiquitous feature of contracts signed around the world. They...
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Dispensing with professional advice and buying a business on nothing more secure than a handshake is a recipe for disaster. That was certainly so in the case of an entrepreneur...
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It is a simple matter to identify registered directors of any English company – the information is readily available from Companies House or online – but putting a name to...
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