Business Law

A shareholder agreement is a written contract that sets out the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of shareholders in a company.  It is an important document that establishes a framework for a privately owned company’s management and governance and provides valuable protection, certainty and clarity for a business’s key stakeholders.  Here,…

Deciding to sell a business can be difficult, particularly if you have built it from the ground up and overseen its launch, growth and development.  However, there inevitably comes a right time to sell a business, and it is important to secure a deal that is in your best interests. …

Here is our latest guide to why you need a Lasting Power of Attorney.  This is a very important document that allows you to make decisions about your future should you become incapacitated.  Many people hospitalised by Covid have found these documents invaluable as it has allowed their families or…

We want to ensure that our office opening and how we are working is best for the safety of all involved, even though we are all keen to get back to a new normal and see all of you face to face again. Government guidelines remain that we should continue…

Thanks to the commitment of our fantastic employees, we continue to offer the same great service, despite the ongoing restrictions and difficulties, as we enter 2021 in yet another lockdown. We want to share with you how things have started for us in this new year and we hope that…

If you need any legal work or advice we are still remotely open for instructions – new or current – even though our office is shut. We understand how difficult and challenging this time is for everyone and so we want to reassure you that we are still here if…

With the threat of quarantine for offices where individuals have been diagnosed with Coronavirus, we would like to reassure our clients that we have it all covered. All of our systems, including our phone and case management systems, will work from anywhere – even at home or isolation. So, if…

Commercial Property Standard Enquiries Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSEs) are standard pre-contract enquiry responses, which are provided to the lawyer on behalf of the buyer or tenant. They ask the seller (or landlord) for detailed information about the property which will help the buyer (or tenant) decide the value and…

Cover Secretary We are looking for a cover secretary with excellent people skills, typing speed, a positive outlook and a can-do attitude. Legal experience not essential as training can be given. We would need someone who can cover for holidays and in an emergency so you would need to be…

This New Year are you considering a new business lease?  If so, here are some key things you should consider discussing with your commercial lawyer: Length of lease. Leases can typically last five years. If this is too much of a commitment, tenants need to make sure that they can…