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Your contract, Brexit, the Brexit clause, our recommendation

Parent company liability for wrongs of subsidiary

Company law - shareholder disputes

Commercial law - Contract or no contract?

Corporate tax - Investors' Relief - Finance Act 2016

Company law - Liability for co-directors

Company law - Transactions with company's own director

Commercial law - Brexit - your contracts

Company law - Directors' minutes

Corporate finance law - Crowdfunding

Company law - minority shareholder

Wrongful trading

When is consent "unreasonably withheld"?

Electronic signatures, guarantees

Entrepreneur's relief on disposal of business

Non domiciliaries

Deeds, execution, delivery

Purposive interpretation of contract

General Anti-Avoidance Rule

Share purchase earn out

Articles of association - implied term

Constructing badly drafted contract

Employed or self employed

Reduced financial reporting

Overseas companies - reminder if listed abroad

Annual return - new regs

Company versus own shareholder

Overseas companies

Director in breach of duties

Prospectus Directive

True and fair view

Arbitration clauses in shareholders agreements and articles of association

Control of Foreign Companies

Mergers and acquisitions regulations

Fitness for purpose

Rugby club (unincorporated association) and personal liability

Bribery Act 2010

Illegal contract, parties innocent, employee or consultant

Side letter; obligation to negotiate in good faith

Parent liable for subsidiary

Rescission of share sale agreement

De grouping charge to tax

Equitable set -off much simplified

Charges, preferences, electronic signatures

Execution of documents

Disguised remuneration

Claim for unlawful dividends not time barred

Parent company guarantee

Directors and officers liability insurance

Entire agreement clause

Disclosure to guarantor

Email contracts

Exclusion clauses

Bad mouthing former employees

Fiduciary duty not confined to directors

TUPE applies to administrations

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Definition of subsidiary

Implied term - trade and custom relevant

Corporate directors/ de facto directors

ASB exposure draft

Rectification of contract for mistake

Very badly drafted

Successful unfair prejudice claim

Distributable profits

Company names tribunal orders name change under CA s.73

Accountants and legal professional privilege

Important TUPE development on sale or purchase of a group business

Deadlock as to whose standard terms apply

Unlawul distribution

Business sale - formal novation of onerous contract did not occur.

Bribery Act 2010. New corporate offence. Mergers and acquisitions - additional risks

Accountants' negligence in share valuation and limitation of liability provision in engagement letter

Companies Act 2006 - section 155 in force on 1 October 2010

Best endeavours, reasonable endeavours, all reasonable endeavours revisited.

Supplier versus administrator - does the retention of title (RoT) clause work?

Bank subordination clauses upheld

True and fair view. Mergers and acquisitions. Warranties. Accountants.

Budget 22 June 2010

Negotiating contracts by e-mail

Dangers of starting work with only letter of intent

Breach of non disclosure agreement (or NDA) - damages or loss of profit?

Economic duress of customer - not lawful

How to avoid waiving your no waiver clause!

Registration of company charges/ debentures/ mortgages

Does economic downturn allow use of force majeur clause?

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Distributions - non cash assets - distributions in kind - intra group reorganisations and transfers

Use all reasonable endeavours

Entrepreneurs' relief

Shareholder cannot sue for a company's losses/ damages

Share purchase/ sale; warranties; disclosure letter

To PLC or not to PLC? - that may be the question

Companies Act 2006: in force from 1 October 2009

Pre contract negotiations - inadmissable in court

Companies Act 2006: in force from 3 August 2009

Exclusion clauses, implied terms and protection of trade secrets

Virtual completion meetings - effective execution of documents - is it really enforceable?

Insolvency lawyers, directors' duties and liabilities ,insolvency advice, business names, prepak sales and other matters

Reductions of capital - are you in a dividend trap?

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Companies Act 2006: in force from 1 October 2008

Companies Act 2006 - Part 2

Companies Act 2006 - Part 1