Company, Consumer, and Contract
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Lawyers need ‘greater aptitude’ for business to win SMEs’ trust
The legal sector needs a greater aptitude for business if lawyers want to help commercial clients with their legal problems, a lawyer warned
Practice Management
Buying trust
Employee ownership trusts can significantly influence a firm’s culture and ethos, explain Howard Hackney and Mark Briegal
Practice Management
Freelancing: a new era?
Despite some high-profile naysaying early on, the introduction of freelance solicitors may yet re-shape the legal landscape
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SMEs lose out as legal system set up for big business, says research
Up to 2.4m small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), start-ups and the self-employed are being let down by the legal system and could be falling into a leg
Practice Management
Traditional partnerships versus LLPs: do partners have the same rights?
While there are benefits to the LLP model, Daniel Sutherland warns those considering making the switch from a traditional partnership to draft their member
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A second chance for class actions
While the tools are now in place to bring collective proceedings in competition cases, the CAT will carefully examine any requests for certification, expla
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Timeshare mis-selling and Abbott v RCI Europe
Following a recent victory for timeshare providers, David Partington suggests claimants attempting to challenge these arrangements have been fighting on th
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A new era for French contract law?
Rémy Blain and Mathew Rea consider whether French contract law could become the preferred choice to govern international busines
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To buy or not to buy?
Debbie King advises companies on due diligence in light of Brexit, the interpretation of the phrase ‘close of business’, and other recent developments in c
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