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Companies Act 2006 - Making Life Simpler - The Companies Act 2006 has heralded a significant change to the duties and processes applicable to both Public and Limited Companies. The timetable for implementation of the new Act was largely driven by European Directives focussed on making Company Law ..... more

Partnership and Shareholder Agreements - the Foundations of your business - A recession has a habit of exposing the weaknesses of any management structure, particularly when it attempts to develop and adapt to meet the changing requirements of its marketplace or situation. As with a pre-marital agreement, both Partnership and Shareholder Agreements should be ..... more

Equality Bill - a new treatment of discrimination law for 2010 - The Equality Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent in Spring 2010 and to come into force in October 2010 (save for some specific public section equality duties that will come into force in April 2011). This Bill has had a long and complex route to Assent, having begun its life in the government’s Green Paper of 2007 ..... more

Beware of Unregulated Writers and Invalid Wills - Recent publicity surrounding the issue of unregulated will writers making fundamental and disastrous errors when preparing wills has caused concern and emphasised the need to ensure that this complex task is undertaken only by solicitors as specialists ..... more