As a business owner, you will want to protect your business, and a prenuptial agreement that clearly sets out how your personal and business assets will be divided if you were to divorce in the future, is the most effective way to do so.
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Recoverability of litigation costs via service charge provisions: Can landlords litigate at lessees’ expense?
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Property litigation
The Court of Appeal decision for the above case provides further guidance on whether legal and professional costs can be recovered through a service charge.
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Kary Withers
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A restrictive covenant is a clause in a contract that protects your business if a member of staff leaves. They aim to prevent an employee from joining a competitor for a limited period, from soliciting or working with customers or from soliciting or employing your staff. Without proper covenants in place, particularly for executive roles, your business is at risk.
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Update on contracting authorities co-operating together
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An Advocate General’s opinion in ISE v Stadt Koln Case C-796/18 has provided guidance on the circumstances in which contracting authorities can co-operate with other contracting authorities without needing to procure the arrangement.
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Running a business brings many challenges and opportunities. Some will be relatively simple to manage in-house, but others will be more complex and it is these transactions that can benefit from sound legal advice and an expert, external viewpoint. Clarke Willmott’s team of highly experienced commercial and corporate solicitors act for businesses of all sizes to make things as straightforward as possible.
Our specialist cross-disciplinary team of solicitors have extensive experience delivering seamless, sector-focused legal advice on all aspects of energy generation.
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A combination of factors, including the UK’s departure from the EU and the relative weakening of the British pound, has seen overseas investment in the UK increase. Clarke Willmott’s team of corporate and commercial solicitors specialises in advising overseas investors who may be looking to invest in the UK.
With more than 100 lawyers specialising in all aspects of commercial property, our Real Estate team is one of the largest in the UK. We work with a number of prestigious US law firms to provide UK property legal services to their clients.
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