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Over the years I have come across all manner of employment issues in family owned...

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Jonathan Perlmutter has recently joined Birkett Long as Head of Intellectual Property, having...

The number of online businesses is growing at an ever-increasing pace. This has led to a multitude...

  How does your business value its property assets in its balance sheet? Accounting...

The Supreme Court recently decided that “No Oral Modification” clauses are binding,...

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Whilst the government has suffered the recent set back of loosing a court case requiring...

A business entering into a commercial contract will sometimes wish to include a clause that...

In the immediate aftermath of the vote to leave, we have seen shares in Barratt Homes and Taylor...

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The Coalition Government has taken to the idea of making us a nation that holds shares in our...

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A recent professional negligence case involving law firm Mills & Reeve has highlighted the...

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Birkett Long LLP acted for Craig and Pauline Wilson on the sale of their Drain Doctor franchise...

Birkett Long LLP acted for Jayne Kennedy on the sale of the Franchise and related business of the...

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Introduction On 1 April 2010, the new UK-wide compulsory Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy...

In a recent case against regional newspaper publisher, Newsquest Media Group, the High Court...

Author: David Cammack The Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) share option scheme, set up by...