In the building industry it is normal for work to be needed to be done by contractors after the expiry of the original contract. Recently, a case came to court in which a company that had obtained work under tender for Brunel University...
Most business people know that for family businesses there are generous Inheritance Tax (IHT) reliefs, which generally operate to make assets used in the business exempt or partially exempt from IHT. The reliefs take various forms, but are collectively known...
If a business cannot recover a debt from a customer after the normal credit control procedures are exhausted then it will need to consider taking further action to recover the sum due. Mediation with the debtor, involving negotiation through a third party,...
You may have come across advertisements which make forming a company sound very easy, but before you go ahead there are some serious issues to think through. If you have decided that a company is the best vehicle for your new venture then here is a...
These days more and more processes are being outsourced (run by external contractors under a service agreement) by more and more businesses. It is particularly common to outsource IT functions and telephone call management. Outsourcing can offer many...
A handbook produced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) outlines the responsibilities of both the contractor and the client in situations in which work is carried out by contractors rather then employees. It does not apply to circumstances in which...
The courts have again shown that they will crack down on directors who put their own interests before their fiduciary duties as directors of the company, to the extent of causing it detriment.
In the case of British Midland Tool Ltd. v Midland...
The Companies Act 2006 was designed to modernise British company law, making it ‘fit for purpose’ for the 21 st Century. In particular, there are several changes which affect directors. As of 1 October 2007, the...
A recent case in the Commercial Court has confirmed that the receipt of an email will be taken as delivery of the email even if it is not opened and read. Furthermore, delivery will be regarded as valid even if the email address is no longer used, if it has...
Copyright is a right which exists without any specific steps having to be taken. It applies whenever there is a work created which contains original skill or labour. It applies to written material and that includes email, as a recent High Court...
Fraud is estimated to cost the UK economy between £13 billion and £16 billion a year and fraud by employees accounts for sixty per cent of all frauds committed against business. In a study by Leicester University, over seventy per cent of...
Employee fraud continues to rise -however, the Fraud Act 2006, convictions for fraud are more easily obtained than they were under the predecessor legislation.
Under the old legislation, obtaining a conviction for fraud was...
