The collapse of the outsourcing giant, Carillion, is the second big business failure, following Monarch Airlines, which has impacted thousands of employees, customers, and suppliers in the last three months[1]. Latest estimates state around 30,000 businesses are owed around £1 billion in unpaid costs, and many are expected to go under themselves due to being […]
Domain names are a considerable business asset in today’s digital world. Therefore, disputes can be costly, requiring expert legal advice and representation. If you are in any doubt as to the value of popular domain names, consider the following: In 2010, fb.com was acquired by Facebook for $US8.5 million from the American Farm Bureau Federation. […]
International Contracts and Dispute Resolution With America, Europe and the Middle East battling tumultuous political times, certainty in cross-jurisdictional contracts is more important than ever before. If a dispute arises, the most important considerations for having it resolved quickly were ideally negotiated at the formation stage of the agreement – the governing law and the […]
Following the General Elections this year and amongst the casualties was Diane Abbott, the Shadow Home Secretary. A woman who has served in public office for 30 years took a leave of absence, citing sickness, two days before the polls, following vicious abuse in the tabloids and on Twitter and Facebook. Ms Abbott had stated […]
No More Distress – Recovering Rent Arrears Under CRAR Lets talk about the issue of the insolvent tenant and protecting your rights as a commercial landlord. In 2014, the Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR) came into force, replacing the ancient remedy of distress. Dating back to the time of Henry III and contained in the […]
Once again whilst we were looking the other way, our freedoms were challenged and attacked in a most brutish way – You can blame the twin phenomena of Brexit and Donald Trump, used as distractions for Theresa May to rush through her personal hobby-horse – the Investigatory Powers Act (the Act) into law with barely […]
Chilcot – The Fallout One hundred and seventy-nine. That is the number of British Soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq War between 2003 and 2009. I would like to apply the same numerical certainty to the number of Iraqi citizens who died as a result of the conflict but it is impossible. First […]
Ever purchased a pair of trousers only to have a button fail as you run for the tube and then spent the next few hours trying to discretely hold the garment together? Ever bought a tablet for your child, only to find it won’t switch on after a few weeks? What can you do if […]
In the Name of the Father What you can do if your child turns out not to be yours – Paternity Fraud According to the latest research, in the UK at least one in every 50 men is busy raising and supporting a child that is not their own. That equates to 2 % of […]
