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Accountants who perform due diligence work on acquisitions are almost always in the firing line if the deal does not provide the expected outcome for the purchaser, but a recent...
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Whilst remaining profitable is the top concern for family business owners, recent research published by Close Brothers Asset Management shows that four out of the top ten worries of those...
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In English law, the normal rule in a contested case is that the loser pays the winner’s costs. Where an offer to settle a case is made, the rule is...
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Increasing public disquiet over the use of ‘tax haven’ companies and trusts to disguise the beneficial ownership of businesses and properties has led to the Government taking steps to improve...
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When a creditor appointed two ‘informal’ debt collectors to collect money due from a debtor, the tactics they used resulted in them being given prison terms by the Court of...
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Officialdom is a necessary, if occasionally irritating, fact of life, but one case has shown that an overzealous application of the rules can be beaten with tenacity and good legal...
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