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Coronavirus, Commercial Contracts, and Force Majeure

Business , Legal Contracts
on March 18, 2020
by Business Team
As cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, continue to increase, having now reached pandemic status, as defined by the World Health Organization, many businesses are feeling the impact. This is perhaps most keenly felt where employees are concerned, either with staff taking sick leave, or with the need to increase home-work ... Continue reading

Law Commission Report on the Electronic Execution of Documents

Business , Legal Contracts
on October 09, 2019
by Business Team
Following our blog back in September 2018 on the Law Commission Consultation (available here), the Law Commission has now issued its report on the electronic execution of documents.The report confirms that current laws permit electronic signatures, but that the law is not very accessible to non-lawyers and businesses. The aim of ... Continue reading

New Laws on Non-Disclosure Agreements - What Will They Mean for You?

Business , Employment , Legal Contracts
on August 21, 2019
by Business Team
Non-Disclosure Agreements or ‘NDAs’ have become something of a touchy subject in recent years owing to their increasingly frequent appearances in high-profile cover-ups and abuse scandals. In particular, NDAs are said to be widely used to cover up allegations of unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace and ... Continue reading

Important Changes to IR35 Coming in 2020

Business
on May 08, 2019
by Business Team
Are you a freelancer who works through a Personal Services Company (“PSC”), or do you engage freelancers who do so? If so, you need to be aware that the tax position will be changing in April 2020.Proposed Changes to Off-Payroll Working Rules (IR35)The Government issued a Policy Paper and Consultation Document on 5 March 2019 (“ ... Continue reading

Brexit Notes: What Will a No-Deal Brexit Mean for Your Commercial Contracts?

Business , Legal Contracts
on February 28, 2019
by Business Team
No-Deal BrexitAs at the time of writing, the UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019 (as a result of having served a formal notice under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union to terminate its membership of the EU), but whether this will be delayed or will take place in a ‘no-deal’ scenario it is still not cle ... Continue reading

Brexit Notes: No-Deal & Consumer Rights

Business
on January 11, 2019
by Business Team
As 2019 dawned, there was hope in some quarters that a renewed commitment to common sense might have dawned with it and that our intrepid politicians might return to work determined to agree upon a way forward for Brexit. It is quite clear, not least in light of the House of Commons’ rejection of the Government’s Brexit deal on ... Continue reading

Sign Here Please - Electronic Signatures and the Law

Business , Legal Contracts
on September 13, 2018
by Business Team
Whether your signature is an example of elegant calligraphy or of the scruffiest scribble, you have probably ‘signed here’ more times than you care to count. The 1677 Statute of Frauds required certain documents to be in writing and signed. This provision is still in force today.But what of the documents being signed? Predicatio ... Continue reading

What Will Brexit Mean for SMEs?

Business
on January 25, 2018
by Business Team
A new study led by Dr Ross Brown and Professor John Wilson at the Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance at the University of St Andrews suggests that, through a reduction in capital investment, less access to external finance, reduced growth, lower levels of product development, and reduced business internationalisation, SM ... Continue reading

A Tough Gig?

Business , Employment
on December 06, 2017
by Business Team
Time to deliveroo some über-important rights to gig economy workers?Many of us have been there. You whip out your smartphone to book a taxi to take you home and, on the way, you order up a tasty takeaway to be sped to your house in a large box strapped the back of a student riding a bicycle. It’s convenient to be sure, but many ... Continue reading

Processing and Transferring Personal Data

Business , Data Protection
on November 10, 2017
by Business Team
If you process personal data, that processing is currently subject to the Data Protection Act 1998. As of next May, the EU General Data Protection Regulation – the GDPR – will take over. Continuing the changes, the new Data Protection Bill introduced recently will bring much of the GDPR, with a few minor differences, into UK law ... Continue reading

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