Is an MBO or MBI a good move for your business?
Is your business ripe for more growth? Do you have the team that can take your business to the next level? Or do you want [...]
Working from home: wellbeing and mental health of employees
While some people are enjoying working from home, this is not the case for everyone and the negative impacts over several months are taking a [...]
Landlords’ options for enforcing commercial tenants’ obligations
As the economic impact of the pandemic grows, many commercial landlords are struggling to collect rent and enforce their business tenants’ other lease obligations. While [...]
Can I challenge a will that fails to make reasonable provision for me?
It tends to be only in Hollywood movies that a will is read aloud, usually for dramatic effect where the contents of the will are [...]
7 pitfalls to avoid when making redundancies
As the Chancellor’s coronavirus job retention scheme enters its final phase and the prospect of a return to normal business seems distant for many companies, [...]
Regaining possession of a rental property during the Covid-19 crisis
The coronavirus is causing problems for private landlords who want to evict tenants but are prevented from doing so by temporary rules introduced by the [...]
Alternative rent structures in commercial leases
The key priority for a landlord of commercial property is to secure a reliable and predictable rental income, which can be reviewed at regular intervals [...]
Developers, beware of the rentcharge!
When selling freehold plots on an estate, developers may wish to create positive covenants for future owners to perform e.g. payment towards maintaining a private [...]
Seven reasons to update your shareholder agreement
The shareholder agreement is often one of those documents that startups sometimes forgo or even ‘bootstrap’ by cutting and pasting from other documents without taking [...]
It’s not fair! When shareholders claim unfair prejudice
Now that hotels, pubs, bars, and restaurants are back in business, leisure and hospitality operators are looking for ways to attract enough customers to remain [...]